jig · Key of G
Boiled goat's milk
O’Neill 1907 no. 135
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:135 T:Boiled goat's milk C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 135 R:Double jig M:6/8 L:1/8 K:G d/c/|BGA B2d|cAG A2B|cAF G2B|def gdc|BGA B2d|cAG A2c|(B/c/d)B cAF|AGG G2:| |:d|(g/f/e)g fdc|BAB dBG|gag fdc|BAB def|(g/f/e)g fdc|BAB dBG|(B/c/d)B cAF|AGG G2:|
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Questions about Boiled goat's milk
Boiled goat's milk is in G, in 6/8 time. The G major 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.