jig · Key of Em

The Templehouse Jig

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Templehouse Jig"The Templehouse JigJig242522252020400040Tenor Banjo2425222522323202522Tenor Banjo2373030373030252525252502Tenor Banjo13730303730303732527300Tenor Banjo23205327532052450542522Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 756Notes:"2nd Setting" "Collected by J. O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X:756
T:The Templehouse Jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 756
R:Jig
N:"2nd Setting" "Collected by J. O'Neill"
K:Em
       EFE (G2 E) | (B2 E) (G2 E) | DED (F2 D) | (A2 D) (F2 D) |
       EFE (G2 E) | (B2 E) (G2 E) | BcB  cBA   |  BGE     E2  :|
|: f | gbg  ege   |  gbg     ege  | faf  dfd   |  faf    def   |
|1 gbg ege | gbg ege | gbg faf | bge e2 :|
|2 gfe agf | bag fed | B^cd AGF | BGE E2 z |]
FAQ

Questions about The Templehouse Jig

  • The Templehouse Jig is in Em, in 6/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Moderate. 93% 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. 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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