jig · Key of G
Trip it up stairs
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:372 T:Trip it up stairs C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 372 R:Single jig M:6/8 L:1/8 K:G G2A B2G|A2G FGA|B2E EFE|B2E EFE|G2A B2^c|d2A BAG|F2D DED|F2D DED:| ||d2d dAF|DFA dAF|G2E EFE|G2E EFE|d^cd edc|d^cB ABG|F2D DED|F2D DED:| ||g2g gag|f2f fgf|e2e e2g|bge e2f|gfg agf|edc BAG|F2D DED|F2D DED:|
FAQ
Questions about Trip it up stairs
Trip it up stairs is in G, in 6/8 time. The G 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 7.
It is a jig, written in 6/8.
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.