jig · Key of G

The fairy jig

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A jig runs 108 to 124 at a session. One click is a dotted quarter note, not the eighth notes you are playing. Full metronome

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The fairy jig"The fairy jigDouble jiganon. (Ireland)305202505253573552540003052025052535753052025555055503755535730525400050555037555357305202555Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 319

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X:319
T:The fairy jig
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 319
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
(g/e/)|dBA BGA|GBd g2a|bgd dBG|FAA A2 (g/e/)|dBA BGA|GBd gab|age dBA|BGG G2:|
|:d|edd deg|baa aga|bge dBG|FAA A2d|edd deg|baa aga|bge dBA|BGG G2:|
FAQ

Questions about The fairy jig

  • The fairy jig is in G, in 6/8 time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Moderate. 94% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • It is a jig, written in 6/8.

  • Yes. Copy the ABC below into the ABC transposer, move the transpose control by semitone, and the notation and tab are redrawn together in the new key. Handy if a singer wants it lower or the tune sits awkwardly on the neck.

  • Yes. Tenor banjo, mandolin and octave mandola are all tuned GDAE, so the tab above is identical for all three. A bouzouki tuned GDAD needs the top string adjusting, which the converter handles.

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