jig · Key of D

Dark Lough na Gar

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Dark Lough na Gar"Dark Lough na Gar2054045040320540454504062054045040320540454504005020235320540320235325450235253205402054045450400Book: O'Neill's 477Notes:"With feeling" "collected by Cronin"Irish title: Lo.c dor.ca na gar

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X:477
T:Dark Lough na Gar
N:"With feeling" "collected by Cronin"
N:Irish title: Lo.c dor.ca na gar
B:O'Neill's 477
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
(f/e/) | .d.c.A .F.G.A | (cAg) f>ed | cAF G>FG | (AFD) C2 (f/e/) |
dcA FGA | (cAg) (f>ed) | (cAF) (~G>F).G | (AF).D D2 :|
(d/e/) | fef (g2 a/g/) | f>ed cAg | f>ef (g<a)g | (fdc) (d3/2e/f/g/) |
afa g>fe | dcA f>ed | (cA).F (~G>F).G | (AF).D D2 :|
FAQ

Questions about Dark Lough na Gar

  • Dark Lough na Gar is in D, in 6/8 time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 99% 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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