jig · Key of D
THE KING OF THE PIPERS
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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ABC notation source
X:702
T:THE KING OF THE PIPERS
N:"collected by Cronin"
B:O'NEILL'S 702
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
A|{e}dDD {d}cDD|{c}BDD {B}ADD|{e}dDD {d}cBA|{B}AGF EFA|
{e}dDD {d}cDD|{c}BDD {B}ADD|(B/c/d)(B {d}c).B.A|GEC EFG:|
||DFF DGG|DFF DEE|DFF DGG|{B}AGE {B}AGE|
D ~F2 D ~G2|D ~F2 D ~E2|B/c/dB {d}cBA|GEC EFG:|
||{e}dAF DFA|{c}BAF DFA|{e}dAF DFA|{B}AGF EFA|
{e}dAF DFA|{c}BAF DFA|(B/c/d)B {d}cBA|GEC EFG:|
||dfa {a}geg|fdf ecA|dfa {a}gec|{B}AGF EFA|
dfa {a}geg|fdf ecA|(B/c/d)B {d}cBA|GEC EFG:|
||(FG/F/D) (EF/E/D)|FG/F/D E/F/GE|FG/F/D EF/E/D|AG/F/E BGE|
FG/F/D EF/E/D|FG/F/D EFA|(B/c/d)B {d}cBA|GEC EFG|]FAQ
Questions about THE KING OF THE PIPERS
THE KING OF THE PIPERS is in D, in 6/8 time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.
Easy. 98% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.
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.