jig · Key of Em

The Hibernian 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 Hibernian jig"The Hibernian jigDouble jiganon. (Ireland)00400400400525220250220025023052050220520252025505525030055250532055305052520250250505222Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 357

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X:357
T:The Hibernian jig
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 357
R:Double jig
m:Tn2 = (3n/o/n/ o/4n/4-n/
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Em
D|D>B,D D>B,D|D>B,D D2G|E>GE E>DE|G>AB (TB2A)|ABd (e/f/g)e|dBA G>AB|B>ed B>AB|G>ED E2:|
|:d|d>ed dBd|e>ge e2d|d>Bd edc|B2A G2d|g>ed edB|d>BA (TB2G)|A>Bd ede|G>EE E2:|
FAQ

Questions about The Hibernian jig

  • The Hibernian jig is in Em, in 6/8 time. The E minor scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Very easy. 100% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 5.

  • 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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