jig · Key of A

The Highlander

O’Neill 1903 no. 857

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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 Highlander"The Highlander420002000245000205262450040002450504052662542524052542052662540524052542420526625Book: O'Neill's 857Notes:"Collected by F.O'Neill"

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X:857
T:The Highlander
N:"Collected by F.O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 857
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:A
(g/f/)|:e2A ABA|e2A Bcd|e2A ABA|dBG Bcd|
e2A g2A|e2A Bcd|ede g2e|dBG GBd:|
g3 (f<a)f|g2e dBd|g3 f2e|dBG GBd|
g2e a2f|g2e dBd|gfg f2e|dBG GBd:|
FAQ

Questions about The Highlander

  • The Highlander is in A, in 6/8 time. The A major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Moderate. 91% 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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