Lad O'Beirne's Jig
A Jig in the key of D
Foinn Seisiún Book 2 Page 10b
Sheet music, mandolin tabs, banjo tabs, fiddle and accordion score for Lad O'Beirne's Jig
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X:882051
T:LAD O'BEIRNE'S JIG
T:Pete Kelly's
C:Foinn Seisiún
B:Book 2 Page 10b
N:Galway fiddler Pete Kelly told us that he had composed
this tune for a junior ceili band in the 1950's, and I have
no reason to disbelieve him. However it appears that he never
put a name to it, hence the confusion - it has been attributed
to others besides Lad O (e.g. Joe Burke).
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:1/4=160
R:Jig
K:D
dAF AGF|dAF AGF|A,CE GFG|A,CE GFE|
DFA DGB|Ace d2e|fed cBA|GFE D3 :|
fdf a^ga|fdc d2f|ede gfg|efd cde|
fef gfg|aga bag|fed cBA|GFE D3 :|
Foinn Seisiún is a collection of recordings and sheet music books produced by Comhaltas containing traditional Irish tunes arranged in sets.
There are 4 volumes available now, and each volume contains the notation to more than 100 tunes.
These tunes are some of the most popular Irish tunes in sessions all over the world. Comhaltas has made the recordings available on YouTube so you will find an accompanying video with each tune here, and thanks to LoopTube you can loop phrases in these videos so you can practice. Each tune has sheet music for fiddles, flutes, concertine etc. and also has tabs for banjo, mandolin etc.
The recordings were made by the Kilfenora Ceili Band and the Tulla Ceili Band and are great for playing along with by ear.Foinn Sessiun