jig · Key of D

The Fisherman's Frolic

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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 Fisherman's Frolic"The Fisherman's Frolicdouble jig005554540003205525040000555454000320525002455525525532355255250400245450602123532052500245Book: O'Neill's 1047Notes:"collected by F. O'Neill"

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X:1047
T:The Fisherman's Frolic
R:double jig
N:"collected by F. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1047
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
A|Add d>cd|c>ee e2g|fed dfd|e>cA A2A|
Add d>cd|c>ee e2g|fed (f<a)A|ABc d2:|
a|afd dfa|agf g2a|afd dfd|ecA A(B/c/)|
dcd e^de|f^ef g2(a/g/)|f>ed (f<a)A|ABc d2:|
FAQ

Questions about The Fisherman's Frolic

  • The Fisherman's Frolic is in D, in 6/8 time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 99% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.

  • 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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