jig · Key of G

Drink and Be Merry

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A jig runs 108 to 124 at a session. One click is a dotted quarter note, not the eighth notes you are playing. Full metronome

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Drink and Be Merry"Drink and Be Merrydouble jig5305454024005545022350530542050532052504005554502020235320540545050540502020235320540542000Book: O'Neill's 1068Notes:"collected by J.O'Neill"

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X:1068
T:Drink and Be Merry
R:double jig
N:"collected by J.O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1068
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
d|cAG F2G|FDE F2D|DGG FGA|BBc ded|
cAG FED|GAG gfe|dBG AFD|DGG G2:|
(F/G/)|A>BA fef|gag fed|^cAG FGA|ded ^cAG|
ABA fef|gag fed|^cAG F2E|D2D D2:|
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Questions about Drink and Be Merry

  • Drink and Be Merry is in G, in 6/8 time. The G major 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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