jig · Key of D

Come now or stay

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Come now or stay"Come now or stayDouble jiganon. (Ireland)4502052527525023050250400450205252752523523045055205420540542042454000320542054054202502302555Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 216

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X:216
T:Come now or stay
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 216
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
(F/G/)|ABA d2f|afb afd|(e/f/g).e (d/e/f).d|ecA AFG|ABA d2f|afb afd|(f/g/a).f gec|ded d2:|
|:f|edc BAG|F2D GFE|A2F Bcd|cee egf|edc BAG|F2D GFE|ABd (e/f/g)e|fdd d2:|
FAQ

Questions about Come now or stay

  • Come now or stay is in D, in 6/8 time. The D 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.

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