jig · Key of Em

The Monaghan jig

O’Neill 1907 no. 245

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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 Monaghan jig"The Monaghan jigDouble jiganon. (Ireland)252422524502524204045025242252450532025404054252023205052252525404054252023205052532025404054300203037303002325253230020303730532025404054Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 245

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X:245
T:The Monaghan jig
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 245
R:Double jig
m:Tn2 = (3n/o/n/ m/n/
m:Mn = (3n/o/n/
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Em
BGE TF2E|BGE FGA|BGE TF2E|AFD FGA|BGE TF2E|BGE FGA|dcB ABG|(FD)F AGF:|
|:EGB efg|Mfed edB|EGB dBG|MFDF AGF|EGB efg|fed edB|dcB ABG|(MFD)F AGF:|
|:Tg2e efe|geg bge|Tg2e efg|fdf agf|Tg2e efe|geg bge|dcB ABG|(MFD)F AGF:|
FAQ

Questions about The Monaghan jig

  • The Monaghan jig is in Em, in 6/8 time. The E minor scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 99% 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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