jig · Key of Am
Contentment Is Wealth
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
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. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
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. 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.