jig · Key of A

Be Easy You Rogue!

O’Neill 1903 no. 1109

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Be Easy You Rogue!"Be Easy You Rogue!double jig204020455024020422~0402045055250402040045040040552504004022~040204040525040204005400244022525040204225~4024026026024625250402040005452054205555254505420222224~54520542004052504020400Book: O'Neill's 1109Notes:"collected by Gillan"

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X:1109
T:Be Easy You Rogue!
R:double jig
N:"collected by Gillan"
B:O'Neill's 1109
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:A
E|(A<c)A BAF|d3 d2z|(A/B/c).A BAF|B3 B2z|
(A<c)A BAF|ded dfa|ecA "~"BAF|A3 A2:|
(c/d/)|ecA ecA|d3 dfa|ecA ecA|B3 B2z|
AcA BAF|DFA dfa|ecA "~"BAF|A3 A2:|
d|cAA BFF|AEE dfa|ecA BAF|B2z B2d|
.c(A/B/c/A/) .B(G/A/B/G/)|.A(E/F/G/E/) dfa|ecA "~"BAF|A3 A2:|
e|aga (f/e/d/c/B/A/)|ddd d2f|aga (e/d/c/B/A/)|BBB B2 (f/g/)|
aga (f/e/d/c/B/A/)|DFA dfa|ecA "~"BAF|A3 A2:|
FAQ

Questions about Be Easy You Rogue!

  • Be Easy You Rogue! is in A, in 6/8 time. The A major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 98% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.

  • 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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