jig · Key of Amix
The highway to Dublin
O’Neill 1907 no. 15
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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ABC notation source
X:15
T:The highway to Dublin
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 15
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=128
K:Amix
g|fed cBA|ecA A2g|fed cBc|dBG G2g|f>ed c>BA|def efg|agf efd|cAA A2:|
g|faf {a}g2f|ecA A2g|faf {a}g2e|\
dBG G2g|faf geg|fdf efg|agf efd|cAAA2:|FAQ
Questions about The highway to Dublin
The highway to Dublin is in Amix, in 6/8 time. The A mixolydian 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.