About The Rocky Road To Dublin
The Rocky Road To Dublin is a two-part Irish slip jig in A dorian (it uses the notes of G major) — beginner-friendly, running from E to a and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.
- Type
- Slip jig, two parts, each usually played twice
- Key
- A dorian (the notes of G major) · 9/8
- Range
- E to a · first position
- Notes used
- C D E F♯ G A B
- Level
- Beginner-friendly
The Rocky Road To Dublin — sheet music
A dorian (the notes of G major) · 9/8
The notes
Letter names, bar by bar · capitals up to C in the third space, lower case from the D on the 4th line
e f♯ e d B A | E A A A B C d | e f♯ e d B A C | B G G A B C d e a a f♯ g | e a a f♯ g d | e a a f♯ g e | d B G A B C d e a a f♯ g | e a a A B C d | e f♯ g f♯ g a g e | d B G A B C d
The Rocky Road To Dublin — tab
Tenor banjo · mandolin · fiddle · guitar · ukulele — tap one to open it
The Rocky Road To Dublin — Tenor banjo tab
G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position
E|-0-2-0-------|---------------|-0-2-0---------|---------------| A|-------5-2-0-|---0-0-0-2-3-5-|-------5-2-0-3-|-2-----0-2-3-5-| D|-------------|-2-------------|---------------|---5-5---------| G|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E|-0-5-5-2-3-|-0-5-5-2-3---|-0-5-5-2-3-0-|---------------| A|-----------|-----------5-|-------------|-5-2---0-2-3-5-| D|-----------|-------------|-------------|-----5---------| G|-----------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
E|-0-5-5-2-3-|-0-5-5---------|-0-2-3-2-3-5-3-0-|---------------| A|-----------|-------0-2-3-5-|-----------------|-5-2---0-2-3-5-| D|-----------|---------------|-----------------|-----5---------| G|-----------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
Numbers are frets. Tenor banjo sounds an octave below the written notes.
The Rocky Road To Dublin — Mandolin tab
G D A E · open position
E|-0-2-0-------|---------------|-0-2-0---------|---------------| A|-------5-2-0-|---0-0-0-2-3-5-|-------5-2-0-3-|-2-----0-2-3-5-| D|-------------|-2-------------|---------------|---5-5---------| G|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E|-0-5-5-2-3-|-0-5-5-2-3---|-0-5-5-2-3-0-|---------------| A|-----------|-----------5-|-------------|-5-2---0-2-3-5-| D|-----------|-------------|-------------|-----5---------| G|-----------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
E|-0-5-5-2-3-|-0-5-5---------|-0-2-3-2-3-5-3-0-|---------------| A|-----------|-------0-2-3-5-|-----------------|-5-2---0-2-3-5-| D|-----------|---------------|-----------------|-----5---------| G|-----------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
Numbers are frets. Same strings as the fiddle, so the same notes fall in the same places.
The Rocky Road To Dublin — fiddle fingering
G D A E · first position — finger numbers
E|-0-1-0-------|----------------|-0-1-0----------|----------------| A|-------3-1-0-|---0-0-0-1-L2-3-|-------3-1-0-L2-|-1-----0-1-L2-3-| D|-------------|-1--------------|----------------|---3-3----------| G|-------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|-0-3-3-1-L2-|-0-3-3-1-L2---|-0-3-3-1-L2-0-|----------------| A|------------|------------3-|--------------|-3-1---0-1-L2-3-| D|------------|--------------|--------------|-----3----------| G|------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
E|-0-3-3-1-L2-|-0-3-3----------|-0-1-L2-1-L2-3-L2-0-|----------------| A|------------|-------0-1-L2-3-|--------------------|-3-1---0-1-L2-3-| D|------------|----------------|--------------------|-----3----------| G|------------|----------------|--------------------|----------------|
0 = open string · 1–4 = finger · L = low (half step back), H = high.
The Rocky Road To Dublin — Guitar tab
E A D G B E · open position
e|-0-2-0-------|---------------|-0-2-0---------|---------------| B|-------3-0---|---------0-1-3-|-------3-0---1-|-0-------0-1-3-| G|-----------2-|---2-2-2-------|-----------2---|---0-0-2-------| D|-------------|-2-------------|---------------|---------------| A|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| E|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
e|-0-5-5-2-3-|-0-5-5-2-3---|-0-5-5-2-3-0-|---------------| B|-----------|-----------3-|-------------|-3-0-----0-1-3-| G|-----------|-------------|-------------|-----0-2-------| D|-----------|-------------|-------------|---------------| A|-----------|-------------|-------------|---------------| E|-----------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
e|-0-5-5-2-3-|-0-5-5---------|-0-2-3-2-3-5-3-0-|---------------| B|-----------|---------0-1-3-|-----------------|-3-0-----0-1-3-| G|-----------|-------2-------|-----------------|-----0-2-------| D|-----------|---------------|-----------------|---------------| A|-----------|---------------|-----------------|---------------| E|-----------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
Numbers are frets; the bottom line is the low E string.
The Rocky Road To Dublin — Ukulele tab
G C E A (high G) · open position
A|-7-9-7-5-2-0-|---0-0-0-2-3-5-|-7-9-7-5-2-0-3-|-2-----0-2-3-5-| E|-------------|-0-------------|---------------|---------------| C|-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| G|-------------|---------------|---------------|---0-0---------|
A|-7-12-12-9-10-|-7-12-12-9-10-5-|-7-12-12-9-10-7-|-5-2---0-2-3-5-| E|--------------|----------------|----------------|---------------| C|--------------|----------------|----------------|---------------| G|--------------|----------------|----------------|-----0---------|
A|-7-12-12-9-10-|-7-12-12-0-2-3-5-|-7-9-10-9-10-12-10-7-|-5-2---0-2-3-5-| E|--------------|-----------------|---------------------|---------------| C|--------------|-----------------|---------------------|---------------| G|--------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----0---------|
Numbers are frets; the top line is the A string, the bottom line the high G.
More slip jigs and tunes like it
This setting is a community transcription from thesession.org. The tune itself is traditional. Tabs and letter names worked out by The Music Arcade.