jig · Key of D

Father Dollard's Favorite

O’Neill 1903 no. 748

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Father Dollard's Favorite"Father Dollard's FavoriteJig040545040252040545040320040545040252525730040202023235250402023230402020232352573023524504020Book: O'Neill's 748Notes:"Collected by Dollard"

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X:748
T:Father Dollard's Favorite
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 748
R:Jig
N:"Collected by Dollard"
K:D
   DFA dcd | AFA BGE | DFA dcd | AFA     gfe    |
   DFA dcd | AFA BGE | afd bge | AFD TE2 D :|
|: fef gfg | afd AFD | fef gfg | DFA TB2 A  |
   fef gfg | afd bge | fga Bcd | AFD TE2 D :|
FAQ

Questions about Father Dollard's Favorite

  • Father Dollard's Favorite 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 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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