jig · Key of Am

Contentment is wealth

O’Neill 1907 no. 28

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Contentment is wealth"Contentment is wealthDouble jiganon. (Ireland)= 128023200530600320553053205578753750523052550230003503003506002352552354554503003505305053235300005305305300053253253255505320545753550532353000Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 28

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X:28
T:Contentment is wealth
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 28
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=128
K:Am
(A/B/)|c>BA (A<a)g|e>^de A2c|B>AG Gge|d>(cB/A/) G2 (a/b/)|\
c'ba gba|edB g2e|dBG GAB|cAA A2:|
(c/d/)|ecA Acd|e^de A2 B/c/|dBG GBc|d^cd G2 c/d/|ecA Acd|\
eag e2d|edc Bcd|cAA A2:|
(e/d/)|cea cea|cAA A2 (d/c/)|Bdg Bdg|BGG G2 e/d/|cBA a^ga|\
bag a2d|edc Bcd|cAA A2:|
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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.

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