jig · Key of G

The Kilkenny Girl

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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 Kilkenny Girl"The Kilkenny GirlJig25252555023030450025235033050523055005030452552504030452552503003052553505323055Book: O'Neill's 752

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ABC notation source
X:752
T:The Kilkenny Girl
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 752
R:Jig
K:G
   B | d2 B d2 B | G2 G GAB  | c2 A c2 A | FGA D2 B |
       d2 B g2 d | e2 c g2 e | ded  BcA  | G3  G2  :|
|: D | DGA  cAF  | GBd  dBG  | DFA  cAF  | GBd dBG  |
       ece  ege  | dBd  dgd  | edc  BcA  | G3  G2  :|
FAQ

Questions about The Kilkenny Girl

  • The Kilkenny Girl 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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