Jig · G major
The Kesh
The jig everyone learns first and nobody stops playing. If a Knoxville session is friendly to beginners, this is usually the second or third tune you’ll hear.
Setting 1 session skeleton
X:3 T:The Kesh R:jig M:6/8 L:1/8 K:G |:G3 GAB|A3 ABd|edd gdd|edB dBA| G3 GAB|A3 ABd|edd gdB|AGF G3:| |:B2B d2d|ege dBA|B2B dBG|ABA AGA| B2B d2d|ege dBd|gfg aga|bgf g3:|
Copy the ABC above into any ABC player to hear or print it. This is a simplified setting; ornaments, variations, and regional bowing are left to the player.
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Where it came from, where it went
A double jig in G, widely popularised in the 1970s revival and now a fixture of session “sets” worldwide. Its place on the first page of nearly every tutor book makes it the shared handshake of the Irish tradition.
Sources for the full entry will be listed here — collection, page, and date — in the same way an essay cites its references.
Related
- Soldier's Joy — Reel / breakdown, D major
- The Braes of Mar — Strathspey, A major