hornpipe · Key of G

The Shaskeen Clog

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Shaskeen Clog"The Shaskeen ClogHornpipe304520035305300325250230452054024Tenor Banjo354520023530530032025030325045Tenor Banjo32353532323575325532325023045205400Tenor Banjo53532323575325502025030325045Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1703Notes:"collected by McFadden"
ABC notation source
X:1703
T:The Shaskeen Clog
M:C|
L:1/8
N:"collected by McFadden"
B:O'Neill's 1703
R:Hornpipe
K:G
   D>F |   G3   B A2   A>c | d>ge>d c>AA>c | B>dB>G (3ABc A>F | G>BA>G F>DE>F |
         (TGFG)>B A2 (3ABc | d>ge>d c>AA>g | Tfef>a   e>cA>c  | B>GA>F G2    :|
|: B>c |  dg{a}gf g2   f>g | a>ba>g f>dd>c | B>cB>G (3ABc A>F | G>BA>G F>D D2 |
          dg{a}gf g2   f>g | a>ba>g f>dd>e | Tfef>a   e>cA>c  | B>GA>F G2    :|
FAQ

Questions about The Shaskeen Clog

  • The Shaskeen Clog is in G, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • 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 hornpipe, written in C|.

  • 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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