jig · Key of Gm

Black Mathew

Also known as ma.ta du.b

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A jig runs 108 to 124 at a session. One click is a dotted quarter note, not the eighth notes you are playing. Full metronome

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Black Mathew."Black Mathew.ma.ta du.b.33230245555010503002450105305005330105305005335055540555Book: O'Neill's 551Notes:"With spirit." "Collected from O'Brien."

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ABC notation source
X:551
T:Black Mathew.
T:ma.ta du.b.
N:"With spirit." "Collected from O'Brien."
B:O'Neill's 551
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Gm
F|F>=EF .D(E^F)|(.G.G.G) G2 A|BAG AFD|D(=E^F) G2 A|.B.A.G FDC|
.D(DC) B,2 (B,/D/)|BAG FDC|.D(.DC).B,2 (B,/C/)|DGG G2 ^F|DGG G2||
FAQ

Questions about Black Mathew

  • Black Mathew is in Gm, in 6/8 time. The G minor scale gives you every note it uses.

  • 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.

  • 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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