jig · Key of D
Banish misfortune
O’Neill 1907 no. 53
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X:53 T:Banish misfortune C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 53 R:Double jig M:6/8 L:1/8 K:D A/G/|F2D DED|DEF GFG|A3 cAG|ABc (d/c/A)G|F2D DED|DEF GFG|AdA cde|d3 d2::d/e/|fdd dcd| dfa agf|e2c/c/ cBc|(e/d/)ef gfe|[1f2d/d/ dcd|dfa agf|(g/f/e)d cde|d3 d2:|[2 fga gab|afd ecA| fed cde|d3 d2||d/e/|(f/e/d).f (e/d/c).e|(d/c/A).B cAG|F2D DED|DEF GFG|(A/G/A).B cAG|AdB cde|fed cde|d3 d2:|
FAQ
Questions about Banish misfortune
Banish misfortune is in D, in 6/8 time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.
Easy. 99% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.
It is a jig, written in 6/8.
Yes. Copy the ABC below into the ABC transposer, move the transpose control by semitone, and the notation and tab are redrawn together in the new key. Handy if a singer wants it lower or the tune sits awkwardly on the neck.
Yes. Tenor banjo, mandolin and octave mandola are all tuned GDAE, so the tab above is identical for all three. A bouzouki tuned GDAD needs the top string adjusting, which the converter handles.