jig · Key of G

Fishing for Eels

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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 "Fishing for Eels"Fishing for Eels555252025255552505025255525202502320525050252373252030502323023535730373252030502320525050252Book: O'Neill's 1006Notes:"Collected by Ennis"

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X:1006
T:Fishing for Eels
N:"Collected by Ennis"
B:O'Neill's 1006
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
G2G dBG|BAB dBG|G2G dBG|AGA BGE|
G2G dBG|BAB def|gfe dBG|AGA BGE:|
gbg faf|ege def|gfg efg|aga bge|
gbg faf|ege def|gfe dBG|AGA BGE:|
FAQ

Questions about Fishing for Eels

  • Fishing for Eels is in G, in 6/8 time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 97% 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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