jig · Key of C

The Kerry jig

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A jig runs 108 to 124 at a session. One click is a dotted quarter note, not the eighth notes you are playing. Full metronome

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Kerry jig"The Kerry jigJiganon. (Ireland)2000520005252325250002320252023532335000530350532525000232025202353233Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 991

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X:991
T:The Kerry jig
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 991
R:Jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:C
B|A2A AGE|A2A AGE|G2E c2E|G3 E2G|A2A ABc|BAB G2B|ABc dcB|c3 c3:|
|:d|e2e edc|e3 g2G|A2G c2E|G3 E2G|A2A ABc|BAB G2B|ABc dcB|c3 c3:|
FAQ

Questions about The Kerry jig

  • The Kerry jig is in C, in 6/8 time. The C 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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