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 Jigs are a much more primitive form of Irish music than reels or hornpipes, and come in several versions of triple-time, such as single, double, slip and slide. They are generally simpler to play than reels as they usually contain less notes. I love to play these tunes on guitar, and I hope that you will also. I've found that knowing the structure, mechanics and intimacies of a tune, as a solo performer, makes you a much more skilled accompanist on guitar in any Irish traditional music session. You can use the MIDIs in this archive for your listening pleasure or simply as a quick reference to remind yourself of how a particular jig sounds.

The source guitar TABs give far more information on the actual fretboard fingerings, as well as the ornaments, used. Ornaments or decorations are always a matter of personal taste and style, and may be interpreted as you like. Listen to the tunes as played by some of the great musicians who have recorded them, in order to gain a sense of tasteful ornamental interpretation.


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 These jigs are all arranged for solo fingerstyle guitar   Click  to listen to   MIDI


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These jigs below are all arranged for solo fingerstyle guitar

 
 
 
 

JIGS

COMPOSER

TIME

capo
on
fret

KEY

TUNING

TAB

MIDI

1

A Duck Walks Into a Pharmacy....

Will Hamon

6/8

0

Ddor/G

DADGAD

2

A Fig for a Kiss
slip jig

9/8

0

D

DGDGBD

3

Across the Black River

Kevin Burke

6/8

4

Bm

DGDGBbD

4

Aherne's Egg

Finbar Dwyer

6/8

2

Emix

DADGAD

5

An Buachaill Dreoite

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

6

Anderson's Jig

6/8

0

D

DADGAD

7

Anthony Frawley's

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

8

Apples in Winter

6/8

2

Edor

DADGAD

9

Atholl Highlanders, The

6/8

2

A

DGDGBD

10

Baby Rory's

Michael McGoldrick

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

11

Banish Misfortune

6/8

0

D

DADGAD

12

Banks of Lough Gowna, The

6/8

2

Am

DGDGBbD

13

Banks of Newfoundland, The

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

14

Banks of the Allan, The

6/8

2

A

DGDGBD

15

Banshee's Wail, The

Vincent Broderick

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

16

Battering Ram, The

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

17

Behind the Haystack

6/8

0

D

DADGAD

18

Biddy the Bold Wife
(a.k.a. "Biddy the Bold" and "The Bangor Regatta")

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

19

Bill Harte's
(a.k.a. "The Rookery")

6/8

0

D

DADGAD

20

Bimis ag ol is ag Pogadh na mBan
Let us be Drinking and Kissing the Women

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

21

Black Lough, The

Paddy o'Brien

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

22

Black Rogue, The
An Rogaire Dubh

6/8

2

E

DADGAD

23

Blozabella
4 parts

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

24

Bould Thady Quill, The

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

25

Boy in the Gap, The

6/8

0

Gm

DGDGBbD

26

Boy in the Wood, The
(a.k.a. Health to the Ladies)

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

27

Boys of Lough Gowna, The

Paddy o'Brien

6/8

0

G/F

DGDGBD

28

Boys of Tandragee

6/8

2

Em

DADGAD

29

Boys of the Town, The

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

30

Brian o'Lynn

6/8

2

Amix

DGDGBD

31

Brid Harper's

6/8

2

G/Em

DGDGBD

32

Bride's Favourite, The
(3 parts)

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

33

Bruckless Shore
(a.k.a. The Swedish Jig)

Arthur Darley

6/8

0

D/Dm

DADGAD

34

Bundle and Go

6/8

0

D

DADGAD

35

Burlesque, The

6/8

0

D

DADGAD

36

Burnt Old Man, The

6/8

0

D

DADGAD

37

Bush on the Hill, The
(a.k.a. "McGlinchey's", "The Low Down" and "The Lonesome Jig")

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

38

Butcher's March, The
(a.k.a. "The Boys of Clones")

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

39

Butlers of Glen Avenue, The

Tony Sullivan

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

40

Caherlistrane Jig, The

6/8

2

A

DGDGBD

41

Cailleach an Airgid
(The Hag With the Money)

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

42

Calliope House

Dave Richardson

6/8

2

E

DADGAD
43

Carraroe, The

6/8

0

D

DADGAD

44

Castle, The

Seán Ryan

6/8

2

Gm

DADGAD

45

Castletown Connors

6/8

2

Em

DADGAD

46

Cat in the Corner, The
(a.k.a Felix the Wrestler)

6/8

0

Dmix

DADGAD

47

Cat that Ate the Candle, The

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

48

Cathleen Hehir's
slide

12/8

0

D

DADGAD

49

Center's Bonnet
(4 parts)

Willie Ross

6/8

0

Amix

DGDGBD

50

Champion, The

6/8

2

Em

DADGAD

51

Chicken that Made the Soup, The

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

52

Chorus, The

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

53

Christy Barry's

Christy Barry

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

54

Clapton, The

6/8

2

Am

DGDGBbD

55

Clare Shout The

6/8

0

D

DADGAD

56

Cliffs of Moher, The

6/8

2

Ador

DGDGBD

57

Cock and the Hen, The
slip jig

9/8

4

F#m/A

DADGAD

58

Coleraine

6/8

4

Bm

DGDGBbD

59

Colliers, The

6/8

0

D

DADGAD

60

Colonel D. M. Robertson

6/8

0

D

DADGAD

61

Coming of Spring, The

Paddy o'Brien

6/8

2

Em

DADGAD

62

Con Cassidy's 1

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

63

Con Cassidy's 2

6/8

2

A

DGDGBD

64

Con Curtin's Big Balloon

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

65

Condon's Frolics

6/8

2

Am

DGDGBD

66

Conlon's

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

67

Connachtman's Rambles, The

6/8

0

D/Bm

DADGAD

68

Connie the Soldier

6/8

0

D

DADGAD

69

Contentment is Wealth

6/8

2

Em

DADGAD

70

Cook in the Kitchen, The

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

71

Cow that Ate the Blanket, The

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

72

Crabs in the Skillet

6/8

0

Gm

DGDGBbD

73

Creel of Turf, The

6/8

2

Em

DADGAD

74

Cuil Aodha, The

Peter Phelan
(2nd part)

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

75

Da Full Rigged Ship

6/8

2

Am

DGDGBD

76

Da Sooth End

Willie Hunter

6/8

2

A

DGDGBD

77

Dancing Tables

Liz Carroll

6/8

2

A

DGDGBD

78

Daniel o'Connell

6/8

0

D

DADGAD

79

Darby the Driver

6/8

2

Am

DGDGBbD

80

Dawn Chorus, The

Charlie Lennon

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

81

Denis Murphy's
slide

12/8

0

D

DADGAD

82

Dever the Dancer
slip jig

9/8

2

Edor

DADGAD

83

Do You Want Anymore?

6/8

0

D/C

DADGAD

84

Doberman's Wallet, The

Frankie Gavin

6/8

0

D

DADGAD

85

Dolphin, The

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

86

Donnybrook Fair

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

87

Down the Back Lane
(a.k.a. "Boring the Leather")

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

88

Drops of Brandy
slip jig

9/8

0

G

DGDGBD

89

Drops of Spring Water
slip jig

9/8

0

G

DGDGBD

90

Dusty Windowsills, The
(3 parts)

John Harling

6/8

2

A

DGDGBD

91

Eavesdropper, The

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

92

Eddie Kelly's No. 1

Eddie Kelly

6/8

2

Em

DADGAD

93

Eddie Kelly's No. 2

Eddie Kelly

6/8

2

Em

DADGAD

94

Elizabeth Kelly's Delight
slip jig

9/8

2

Am

DGDGBD

95

Fairy, The

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

96

Farewell to Whalley Range
slip jig

Michael McGoldrick

6/8

4

F#m

DADGAD
97

Fasten the Leg in her

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

98

Father Kelly's
(3 parts)

Fr. P.J. Kelly

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

99

Father o'Flynn
(a.k.a. "The Top of the Cork Road")

6/8

0

D

DADGAD

100

First Pint , The

Colin Farrell

6/8

0

D

DADGAD

101

Firstslip
slip jig

9/8

0

G

DGDGBD

102

Flowers of the Burren ,The
(a.k.a. "Anthony Frawley's" and "The Angry Peeler")

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

103

Fly in the Porter, The
(3 parts)

Paddy o'Brien

6/8

0

D

DADGAD

104

Flying Wheelchair, The

Charlie Lennon

6/8

2

Em

DADGAD

105

Four Posts of the Bed, The

6/8

2

Amix

DGDGBD

106

Fraher's

6/8

0

D

DADGAD

107

Funny Mistake, The
slip jig

9/8

5

C

DGDGBD

108

Gallagher's Frolics

6/8

2

Em

DADGAD

109

Gallowglass, The

6/8

2

Am

DGDGBbD

110

Gander in the Pratie Hole, The

6/8

0

D

DADGAD

111

Garret Barry's

6/8

0

D

DADGAD

112

Garster's Dream

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

113

Geese in the Bog, The

6/8

0

D

DADGAD

114

Get up Old Woman and Shake Yourself

6/8

2

Em

DADGAD

115

Gillan's Apples
(a.k.a. "Gillian's Apples" and "Gillanes's Apples")

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

116

Give us a Drink of Water
slip jig

9/8

0

G

DGDGBD

117

Glens of Mayo, The

6/8

0

G/Em

DGDGBD

118

Going to the Well for Water
slide

12/8

0

D

DADGAD
119

Gold Ring, The
(7 parts)

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

120

Grainne's Jig
(3 parts)

Tommy Peoples

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

121

Green Fields of Woodford, The

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

122

Gudgeon of Maurice's Car, The

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

123

Guggerin' Spuds

Seán Ryan

6/8

2

A

DGDGBD

124

Gusty's Frolics
slip jig

9/8

0

D

DADGAD

125

Hag's Purse, The
(a.k.a. "The Roscommon", Michael Hyne's" and "The Hag at the Churn")

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

126

Halfcrown Girl, The

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

127

Happy to Meet and Sorry to Part

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

128

Hardiman's Fancy
(a.k.a. "Joe Derrane's")

Martin Hardiman
(Chicago)

6/8

4

Bm

DGDGBbD

129

Haunted House, The

Vincent
Broderick

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

130

Health to the Ladies
(see also "The Humours of Glendart")

6/8

2

A

DGDGBD

131

Hearty Boys of Ballymote, The

6/8

2

Edor

DADGAD

132

Hennigan's

6/8

2

A

DGDGBD

133

Hickey's Jig

6/8

0

D

DADGAD

134

High Part of the Road, The

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

135

Highway to Kilkenny, The
slip jig

9/8

0

G

DGDGBD

136

Hinchey's Delight

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

137

Hole in the Boat, The

6/8

0

D

DADGAD

138

Hole in the Hedge, The

6/8

0

D

DADGAD

139

Holly Bush, The

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

140

Hughie Travers' Jig

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

141

Humours of Ballingarry, The

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

142

Humours of Ballycastle, The

6/8

2

A

DGDGBD

143

Humours of Ballyloughlin, The

6/8

0

D

DADGAD

144

Humours of Bandon, The

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

145

Humours of Derrycrossane, The
slip jig

9/8

0

G

DGDGBD

146

Humours of Drinach, The

6/8

0

D

DADGAD

147

Humours of Ennistymon, The
(a.k.a Coppers & Brass)

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6/8

0

G

DGDGBD free tab

148

Humours of Glendart, The
(see also "Health to the Ladies")

6/8

0

D

DADGAD

149

Humours of Glynn, The

6/8

0

D

DADGAD

150

Humours of Whiskey, The
slip jig

9/8

4

Bm/G

DGDGBbD

151

I Buried my Wife and Danced on Top of Her

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

152

I Ne'er Shall Wean Her

6/8

2

Ador

DGDGBD

153

Innis'

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

154

Jackson's

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

155

James Byrne's Quickstep
slip jig

9/8

0

G

DGDGBD

156

James McMahon's

6/8

0

D

DADGAD

157

Jerry's Beaver Hat

6/8

0

D

DADGAD

158

Jim Ward's

Jim Ward

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

159

Jocelyn Tree, The
(3 parts)

Tommy Peoples

6/8

0

D

DADGAD

160

Joe Cooley's

6/8

0

D

DADGAD

161

John Doherty's
mazurka

solo guitar

3/4

0

D

DADGAD

162

John Doherty's
mazurka

two guitars

3/4

0

D

DADGAD

163

John Naughton's

6/8

0

Gmix

DGDGBD

164

Johnny Leary's

6/8

2

A

DGDGBD

165

Joy of my Life

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

166

Karen's Critters

Jim McAuley
Larne, Co. Antrim

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

167

Kathleen's Favourite

Seán Ryan

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

168

Kathleen Hehir's
slide (single jig)

12/8

0

D

DADGAD

169

Katy's Rambles

6/8

0

Bm

DADGAD
170

Kerfunten

Hammy
Hamilton

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

171

Key of the Convent, The

6/8

0

D

DADGAD

172

Kid on the Mountain, The
slip jig (5 parts)

9/8

0

Em/G

DADGAD

173

Killavil, The

6/8

2

Em

DADGAD

174

Killimor, The

Seán Ryan

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

175

Kilmovee, The

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

176

King's Favourite (a.k.a. "The Blue Angel" and "The Flying Crowbar")

Liam King

6/8

0

D/Bm

DADGAD

177

Kings of Inishboffin, The

Charlie Lennon

6/8

0

G

DGDGBD

178

King of Laoise, The
march

3/4

0

D

DADGAD

179

Kinnegad Slashers, The

6/8

0

D

DADGAD

180

Kitten, The
slip jig (5 parts)

9/8

0

Em

DGDGBD

181

Kitty Come Down to Limerick
slip jig