jig · Key of Am

Darby the driver

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Darby the driver"Darby the driverDouble jiganon. (Ireland)052000232000235052325550520000200023505232000054550545503530305255054550502330305232000Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 64

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X:64
T:Darby the driver
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 64
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Am
A/G/|EAA ABc|BAA A2 (B/c/)|d2e dBg|BGG G2 (A/G/)|EAA A2A|BAA A2 (B/c/)|d2e dBg|BAA A2:|
|:e|a^ga a2e|a^ga a2e|=g>ag e>ge|dBG G2 e|a^ga a2e|de^f g2g|ege dBg|BAA A2:|
FAQ

Questions about Darby the driver

  • Darby the driver is in Am, in 6/8 time. The A minor scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Very easy. 100% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 5.

  • 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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