jig · Key of D

Down Among the Ditches

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Down Among the Ditches"Down Among the Ditches00550254204055025320252055025420440526000004002454224040024542040024542245504526000Book: O'Neill's 295Notes:"Lively""Collected by J.O'Neill"

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X: 295
T: Down Among the Ditches
B: O'Neill's 295
N: "Lively"
N: "Collected by J.O'Neill"
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K:D
A \
| A2d def | dcB A2F | A2d def | {a}gfe fdB \
| A2d def | dcB A2F | F2D GEC | D2D D2 ||
|| D \
| (DFA) (ABc) | GFE (E2F) | (DFA) (ABc) | d3 (F2E) \
| (DFA) (ABc) | GFE EFG | dAF GEC | D2D D2 ||
FAQ

Questions about Down Among the Ditches

  • Down Among the Ditches is in D, in 6/8 time. The D major 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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