slip jig · Key of D

Top the Candle

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Top the Candle"Top the CandleslipjigKennedy.02004406224520200040200420Tenor Banjo23205402005402420540200420Tenor Banjo232054020054020542042542Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's Music of IrelandNotes:O'Neill's - 1142
ABC notation source
X:1142
T:Top the Candle
C:Kennedy.
B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland
N:O'Neill's - 1142
M:9/8
R:slipjig
K:D
(DED) A z F F2 D | C (E E) z F G2 E | (DED) A z D F2 D | A, (D D) z F E D2 :|
(f2 g/f/) e z d c2 A | B z (e e) z d c2 A | (B2 c/B/) A z G F D2 | A,2 (D D) z F E D2 |
(f2 g/f/) e z d c2 A | B z (e e2) z d c2 A | B3 A2 G F E2 | (DF) z (EG) z F2 E ||
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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