I'm a guitarist but a couple of days ago my dad gifted me a mandolin. I love it already and I think my guitar is gonna collect some dust for a while. But I have a question regarding the tabs I find online. A traditional piece has no specific way of being played, right? I've found 'Whiskey in the Jar' in different keys. I've decided to stick with C because it's where I'm comfortable playing. The tabs online seems pretty basic so do I just kind of tamper with them to make it appealing to my ears or is there a specific way to play these traditional pieces/jigs/etc.? I'm mainly interested in Celtic music because my family has a lot of Irish and we're pretty proud of it. (I apologize to all of you who are actually full-blooded Irish LOL) BTW, I understand that if I was having a jam session with a band that we would all have to agree on a key.
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