jig · Key of A

Doherty's fancy

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Doherty's fancy"Doherty's fancyDouble jiganon. (Ireland)220420040504204202625262042004050424504052603054524547542054524575450245420542054202450405260Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 82

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X:82
T:Doherty's fancy
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 82
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:A
E|[E3A3] cBA|ecA aec|[E3A3] cBA|BGE dBG|[E3A3] cBA|ecA aec|fga ecA|dBG A2:|
|:e|aga fga|gba gfe|aga fga|bag a2 (3e/f/g/|agf edc|fed cBA|fga ecA|dBG A2:|
FAQ

Questions about Doherty's fancy

  • Doherty's fancy is in A, in 6/8 time. The A major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Moderate. 93% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • 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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