jig · Key of A

Be easy you rogue!

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Be easy you rogue!"Be easy you rogue!Double jiganon. (Ireland)20402045502402042204020450552504020400Tenor Banjo4504004055250400402204020404052504020400Tenor Banjo540024402225504020422540240260260246252504020400Tenor Banjo05452054205555254520542022222454520542004052504020400Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 299
ABC notation source
X:299
T:Be easy you rogue!
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 299
R:Double jig
m:Mn = (3n/o/n/
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:A
E|(A<c)A BAF|d3 d2 z|(A/B/c).A BAF|B3 B2 z|(A<c)A BAF|ded dfa|ecA MBAF|A3 A2:|
|:(c/d/)|ecA ecA|d3 dfa|ecA ecA|B3 B2 z|AcA BAF|DFA dfa|ecA MBAF|A3 A2:|
|:d|cAA BFF|AEE fda|ecA BAF|B2 z 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 (f/e/d/c/B/A/)|BBB B2 (f/g/)|aga (f/e/d/c/B/A/)|DFA dfa|ecA MBAF|A3 A2:|
FAQ

Questions about Be easy you rogue!

  • Be easy you rogue! is in A, in 6/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • 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. 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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