jig · Key of D
Father Dollard's favorite
O’Neill 1907 no. 36
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:36 T:Father Dollard's favorite C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 36 R:Double jig M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=128 K:D DFA dcd|AFA BGE|DFA dcd|AFA gfe|DFA dcd|AFA BGE|afd bge|AFD TE2D:| fef gfg|afd AFD|fef gfg|DFA TB2A|fef gfg|afd bge|fga Bcd|AFD TE2D:|
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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.