Connie the Soldier
O’Neill 1903
Also known as Humors of Abbeyfeale
Irish tenor banjo tab
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ABC notation source
X:794 T:Connie the Soldier. T:Humors of Abbeyfeale. C:F. O'Neill. B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland N:O'Neill's - 794 R:Jig M:6/8 K:D EAA A2 d|cAG EFD|DGG DEE|DGG GED|\ EAA A2 d|cAG EFD|EFG AGE|EDD D2:| ||(d/e/)|fdd ede|fdd d2 e|fed ded|\ cAA A2 (d/e/)|fdd ede|fed A2 G|DFG AGE|EDD D2:|
Questions about Connie the Soldier
Connie the Soldier is in D, in 6/8 time. The D 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.