jig · Key of A
Buttermilk Mary
O’Neill 1907 no. 217
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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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. The A major scale gives you every note it uses.
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. 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.