jig · Key of A

Buttermilk Mary

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Buttermilk Mary"Buttermilk MaryDouble jiganon. (Ireland)024044262040405020544222054050405520405254054000Tenor Banjo45055542040040277754000245754542420245042054000Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 217
ABC notation source
X:217
T:Buttermilk Mary
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 217
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:A
(A/B/)|cAF FEC|EAc ecA|def edc|cBB Bed|cea ecA|daf ecA|dfd ced|cAA A2:|
|:(c/d/)|eaa agf|ecA Ace|fbb b2a|gee efg|aba gag|fgf efg|aec Bed|cAA A2:|
FAQ

Questions about Buttermilk Mary

  • Buttermilk Mary is in A, in 6/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 95% 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. 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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