jig · Key of Am
Contentment Is Wealth
O’Neill 1903 no. 729
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:729 T:Contentment Is Wealth M:6/8 L:1/8 R:jig B:O'Neill's 729 N:"collected by J. O'Neill" K:Am (A/2B/2)|c>BA (Aa)>g|e>^de A2 c|B>AG Gge|(d>cB/2A/2) G2 (a/2b/2)|\ c'ba gba|edB g2 e|dBG GAB|cAA A2:| ||(c/2d/2)|ecA Acd|e^de A2 B/2c/2|dBG GBc|d^cd G2 c/2d/2|\ ecA Acd|dag e2 d|edc Bcd|cAA A2:| ||(e/2d/2)|cea cea|cAA A2 (d/2c/2)|Bdg Bdg|BGG G2 e/2d/2|\ cBA a^ga|bag a2 d|edc Bcd|cAA A2:|
FAQ
Questions about Contentment Is Wealth
Contentment Is Wealth is in Am, in 6/8 time. The A minor scale gives you every note it uses.
Moderate. 95% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 8.
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.