jig · Key of G

The idle road

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The idle road"The idle roadDouble jiganon. (Ireland)0022033022305254502050400220330223052545025555533023205304533323525304022033022305254502555Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 101

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X:101
T:The idle road
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 101
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
D|D>BB D>cc|D>BB c2e|dBG FGA|BAG AFD|D>BB D>cc|D>BB c2e|dBG FGA|BGG G2:|
|:G|G>gg efg|fed cAF|G>gg gfg|afd cAF|D>BB D>cc|D>BB c2e|dBG FGA|BGG G2:|
FAQ

Questions about The idle road

  • The idle road is in G, in 6/8 time. The G major 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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