slip jig · Key of D

The fox hunters' jig

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A slip jig runs 113 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 fox hunters' jig"The fox hunters' jigSlip jig, hopanon. (Ireland)45440524544020454405204004202422054502224520245420245004202322530232250523225375255205320542054222452024542024500420Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 422

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ABC notation source
X:422
T:The fox hunters' jig
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 422
R:Slip jig, hop
M:9/8
L:1/8
K:D
(FGF) F2D G2E|(FGF) F2D E2D|(FGF) F2D G2B|(AFD) D2F E2D::(BcB) (BAG) (FGA)|B2E E2F G2B|(ABc) (dcB) (ABc)|d2D D2F E2D:|
|:(fgf) f2d g2e|(fgf) f2d e2d|(fgf) f2d g2b|(afd) d2f e2d::(gfe) (dcB) (AGF)|B2E E2F G2B|(ABc) (dcB) (ABc)|d2D D2F E2D:|
FAQ

Questions about The fox hunters' jig

  • The fox hunters' jig is in D, in 9/8 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 7.

  • It is a slip jig, written in 9/8.

  • 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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