slip jig · Key of Em
The highway to Kilkenny
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:451 T:The highway to Kilkenny C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 451 R:Slip jig, hop M:9/8 L:1/8 K:Em G2g gfg dBG|A2B c2d ecA|G2g gfg dBG|[1(e/f/g).e (f/g/a).f gdB:|[2(A/B/c).A BGE E2z|| ||e2f g2e fdB|e2f g2a bge|[1(g/a/b).g (f/g/a).f (e/f/g).e|(B/c/d).B (A/B/c).A BGE:|[2faf gbf dBG|(A/B/c).A BGE E2|]
FAQ
Questions about The highway to Kilkenny
The highway to Kilkenny is in Em, in 9/8 time. The E minor scale gives you every note it uses.
Easy. 97% 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.