jig · Key of Gm

Crabs in the skillet

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Crabs in the skillet"Crabs in the skilletDouble jiganon. (Ireland)12055450135653105310535545015303105303323303512535331013110535010530355353310131105350105303330332312501356531053105450153031053033233035Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 306

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X:306
T:Crabs in the skillet
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 306
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Gm
D|:G3 d2^F|(G2A) (B2c)|ded cBA|dcB AGF|G3 d2^F|(G2A) (B2d)|cAc f=ed|[1 cAF F=EF:|[2 cAF G2||
|:d|gag gf=e|fgf f=ed|cd=e fed|cAF G2d|gag gf=e|fgf f=ed|cd=e fed|[1 cAF F2:|[2 cAF F=EF||
|:G2 z A2 z|B2 z c2 z|ded cBA|dcB AG^F|G2 z A2 z|B2 z d2 z|cAc f=ed|[1 cAF F=EF:|[2 cAF G2|]
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Questions about Crabs in the skillet

  • Crabs in the skillet is in Gm, in 6/8 time. The G minor scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 98% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.

  • 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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