jig · Key of F#m

Tip the Cruiskeen

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Tip the Cruiskeen"Tip the Cruiskeen02402604404404404404Tenor Banjo02402604262262262262Tenor Banjo045240450404404404404Tenor Banjo045240450262262262262Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 887
ABC notation source
X:887
T:Tip the Cruiskeen
B:O'Neill's 887
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:F#m
A2B c2A|B2G A2F|cAF FAF|cAF FAF|
A2B c2A|B2G A2F|BGE EGE|BGE EGE:|
e2c d2B|c2A cde|cAF FAF|cAF FAF|
e2c d2B|c2A cde|BGE EGE|BGE EGE:|
FAQ

Questions about Tip the Cruiskeen

  • Tip the Cruiskeen is in F#m, in 6/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Moderate. 88% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.

  • 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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