slip jig · Key of D

Top the candle!

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Top the candle!"Top the candle!Slip jig, hopanon. (Ireland)0200440624520200040204202320540Tenor Banjo2054024205402042023205402054020542042542Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 428
ABC notation source
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. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • 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. 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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