jig · Key of D

The runaway jig

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The runaway jig"The runaway jigSingle jiganon. (Ireland)120440542025502024504405420245040554255Tenor Banjo1205025302504004004004050253025040024555542Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 399
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X:399
T:The runaway jig
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 399
R:Single jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
A2F F2A|d3 (cBA)|B2G G2A|B2A (Bcd)|A2F F2A|d3 (cBA)|Bcd ecA|[1 d3 (dcB):|[2 d3 d2H||
||A|d2e f2d|g2e f2d|ecA AcA|ecA AcA|d2e f2d|g2e f2d|ecA ABc|[1 d3d2:|[2 d3 (dcB)|]
FAQ

Questions about The runaway jig

  • The runaway jig 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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