jig · Key of D

Biddy Maloney

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Biddy Maloney"Biddy MaloneyDouble jiganon. (Ireland)05450040040040255054252252450040040502452045040045040040040505254502522450405253200054204504002353205420525450252223532373205420542045040023523525235235253573573035735730235235273352352502452045040005054504505450452545025220505450450545045450232555323575252523525302502002323575252523525323053255532520405420545254502522325204054205424520450400Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 224

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X:224
T:Biddy Maloney
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 224
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
(A/G/)|FGA AFA|AFA AFA|BGG AGF|BGE EGE|FGA AFA|AFA d2A|(B/c/d)B AFd|AFD D2:|
|:(c/d/)|ecA AcA|ecA d2A|GBG FGA|BGE E2 (c/d/)|ecA dfa|gfe e2A|dcB AFd|AFD D2::(f/g/)|a3 g3|fed cBA|
GBG FGA|BGE E2 (f/g/)|agf gbg|fed cBA|dcB AFd|AFD D2::(f/g/)|.a(f/g/a/f/) dfg|.a(f/g/a/f/) dga|.b(g/a/b/g/) ega|
.b(g/a/b/g/) efg|.a(f/g/a/f/) bgg|.a(f/g/a/f/) d2A|(B/c/d)B AFd|AFD D2::A|(d/e/d)c dAF|(d/e/d)c dAF|GBG FGA|BGE E2A|(d/e/d)c dAF|
(d/e/d)c dAF|dcd efg|fdd d2::g|(f/g/)ab afd|fd(f/g/) afd|g2e f2d|efe efg|(f/g/)ab afd|(f/d/)fg afd|
gfg eag|fdd d2::g|fdf ece|dcB AGF|GBG FGA|BGE E2g|fdf ece|dcB AGF|(B/c/d)B AFd|AFD D2:|
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Questions about Biddy Maloney

  • Biddy Maloney 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 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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