jig · Key of D

The northern road

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The northern road"The northern roadSingle jiganon. (Ireland)505400020420054004505400020054242245202454Tenor Banjo12054540245042502450542050245242522523042520402422452Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 396
ABC notation source
X:396
T:The northern road
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 396
R:Single jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
d|AGF A2D|DED FED|AGF A2D|F3 d3|AGF A2D|DED AGF|EFE E2F|G3 B3:|ABc d2F|
AGF d2F|ABc dAF|B3 d3|[1 ABc ded|cBA d2A|Bcd EFE|G3 B3:|[2 faf gec|fdB AFD|EFE E2F|G3 B3|]
FAQ

Questions about The northern road

  • The northern road is in D, in 6/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • 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. 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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