jig · Key of Am

Contentment Is Wealth

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Contentment Is Wealth"Contentment Is Wealthjig02320053060032055305320557875375052305255023000Tenor Banjo35030035060023525523545545030035553050532353000Tenor Banjo05305305300053253253255505320545753550532353000Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 729Notes:"collected by J. O'Neill"
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.

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