jig · Key of Gmix

The Limerick tinker

O’Neill 1907 no. 191

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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 Limerick tinker"The Limerick tinkerDouble jiganon. (Ireland)02320205052023005205052023202050023733052552010052000250100525255250100520000237330525523530200100023530205205023202050525023733052552Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 191

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X:191
T:The Limerick tinker
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 191
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Gmix
A2B cBA|BAG AGE|A2B cee|dBA G2({A/G/}E)|A2B cBA|BAG A2 e/^f/|gbg g2e|dBG G2B:|
|:efe edB|e2A ABd|efe edB|dBG GBd|efe edB|e2A A2 (e/^f/)|gbg g2e|dBG G2B:|
|:({c/d/}c2)A B2A|({e/f/}e2)A A2B|({c/d/}c2)A B2A|dBA GAB|cBA BAG|AGE GAB|gbg g2e|dBG G2B:|
FAQ

Questions about The Limerick tinker

  • The Limerick tinker is in Gmix, in 6/8 time.

  • Easy. 98% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • 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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