reel · Key of G

The Jolly Journeyman

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A reel runs 100 to 124 at a session. One click is a half note, not the eighth notes you are playing. Full metronome

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Jolly Journeyman"The Jolly JourneymanReel525023002300230525023002302553235325023002303235325023025532353250230023052502300230255Book: O'Neill's 1239

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ABC notation source
X:1239
T:The Jolly Journeyman
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:O'Neill's 1239
K:G
G2(BG) ABcA | eBcA eBcA | G2(BG) ABcA | eBcA BGG2 :|
g2(fg) agfd | eBcA eBcA | g2(fg) agfd | eBcA (BG)G2 |
g2(fg) agfd | eBcA eBcA | G2(BG) ABcA | eBcA BGG2 |]
FAQ

Questions about The Jolly Journeyman

  • The Jolly Journeyman is in G, in C| 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 reel, written in C|.

  • 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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