jig · Key of G

Behind the haystack

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Behind the haystack"Behind the haystackDouble jiganon. (Ireland)50200525023205200205200250200525023205255055255537325203052552002052002537325203052552550552555357303573052002052002535730357305255055255Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 141

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X:141
T:Behind the haystack
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 141
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
d|efe edB|def gfe|dBA ABA|dBA ABd|efe edB|def gfe|dBG GAG|dBG G2:|
|:d|gbg faf|ege dBG|dBA ABA|dBA ABd|gbg faf|ege dBG|dBG GAG|dBG G2:|
|:d|g2a bge|g2a bge|dBA ABA|dBA ABd|g2a bge|g2a bge|dBG GAG|dBG G2:|
FAQ

Questions about Behind the haystack

  • Behind the haystack is in G, in 6/8 time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 96% 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.

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