slip jig · Key of D
Top the candle!
O’Neill 1907 no. 428
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:428 T:Top the candle! C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 428 R:Slip jig, hop M:9/8 L:1/8 K:D (DED) AzF F2D|C2E- EzF G2E|(DED) AzD F2D|A,2D- DzF ED2:|(f2g/f/) ezd c2A| Bze- ezd c2A|(B2c/B/) AzG FD2|A,2D- DzF ED2|(f2g/f/) ezd c2A|Bze- ezd c2A|B3 A2G FE2|(D/F/) z (E/G/) z F2E|]
FAQ
Questions about Top the candle!
Top the candle! is in D, in 9/8 time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.
Easy. 99% 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 slip jig, written in 9/8.
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.