jig · Key of A
THE HIGHWAY TO DUBLIN
O’Neill 1903 no. 713
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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ABC notation source
X:713
T:THE HIGHWAY TO DUBLIN
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:O'NEILL'S 713
N:"collected by Dunlap"
K:A
g|fed cBA|ecA A2 g|fed cBc|dBG G2 g|
f>ed c>BA|def efg|agf efd|cAA A2:|
||g|faf {a}g2 f|ecA A2 g|faf {a}g2 e|dBG G2 g|
faf geg|fdf efg|agf efd|cAA A2:|FAQ
Questions about THE HIGHWAY TO DUBLIN
THE HIGHWAY TO DUBLIN is in A, in 6/8 time. The A major scale gives you every note it uses.
Easy. 95% 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.