Key of G
Biddy I'm Not Jesting
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:1817
T:Biddy I'm Not Jesting
M:C
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 1817
N:"collected by F. O'Neill"
K:G
D2 | DEGA B2 (AG) | AGAB d2 (BG) | E2 (DB,) DEGA | B2 A>A A2 D2 |
DEGA B2 (AG) | AGAB d2 (BG) | E2 (DB,) DEGA | B2 G>G G2 :|
|: D2 | GABd e2 (ge) | dBGE c2 (Bc) | dBGE DEGA | B2 A>A A2 D2 |
DEGA B2 (AG) | AGAB d2 (BG) | E2 (DB,) DEGA | B2 G>G G2 :|FAQ
Questions about Biddy I'm Not Jesting
Biddy I'm Not Jesting is in G, in C time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
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.
The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.
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.