jig · Key of Dmix

Barney O'Finnegan

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Barney O'Finnegan"Barney O'Finnegan3253205032532052353253205333320205420055550540555502320555550545000025420Book: "O'Neill's 46"Notes:"Slow" "collected by F. O'Neill"

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X: 46
T:Barney O'Finnegan
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:"O'Neill's 46"
N:"Slow" "collected by F. O'Neill"
K:Dmix
c | Bdc BAG | D3-D2 c | Bdc BAG | B>cd- dzc |
Bdc BAG | c3-c2 c/2c/2 | c>BA BAG | FED- Dz ||
D | G2 G/2G/2 GAG | F3-F2 D | G2 G/2G/2 GAB | c>BA- Azd |
G2 G/2G/2 GAG | F3-F2 G | A2 A/2A/2 ABG | F>ED- Dz ||
FAQ

Questions about Barney O'Finnegan

  • Barney O'Finnegan is in Dmix, in 6/8 time. The D mixolydian scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Very easy. 100% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 5.

  • 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.

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