jig · Key of A
Blue bonnets jig
O’Neill 1907 no. 268
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:268
T:Blue bonnets jig
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 268
R:Double jig
m:Tn = (3n/o/n/
m:Tn2 = (3n/o/n/ m/n/
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:A
ABA c2e|aba ({b}a2)e|gag fgf|ecA TB2e|ABA c2e|aba ({b}a2)e|fed cde|(f<a)c TB2A:|
||Ace ece|Tfed cBA|Ace efa|ABc TB2A|Ace ece|Tfed cBA|agf ece|(f<a)c TB2A:|FAQ
Questions about Blue bonnets jig
Blue bonnets jig is in A, in 6/8 time. The A 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.