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)50540002042005400450540002005424224520245412054540245042502450542050245242522523042520402422452Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 396

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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|]
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Questions about The northern road

  • The northern road is in D, in 6/8 time. The D 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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