Before I Was Married
O’Neill 1903 no. 999
Also known as Roime Mo Posad
Irish tenor banjo tab
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ABC notation source
X:999 T:Before I Was Married T:Roime Mo Posad R:double jig C:"collected by F.O'Neill" S:999 O'Neill's Music of Ireland N:fermata at end of first part N:"D.C." under the staff at the end B:O'Neill's 999 M:6/8 K:D A/-G/ \ | FGA Afe | dBB B2 A/-G/ | FGA Ade | fdd d2 A/-G/ | | FGA Afe | dBB B2 A/-G/ | FGA Aag | fdd d2 :| |: d/-e/ \ | fef afe | dBd d2 d/-e/ | fgf e^de | fdB B2 d/-e/ | | fef afe | dBc d2 d/-e/ | faf e^de | fdB B2 :|
Questions about Before I Was Married
Before I Was Married is in D, in 6/8 time. The D 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.