jig · Key of D

Friendly Jack

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Friendly Jack"Friendly JackJig004200042000420522004200042050254005025302550250524502530252205400Book: O'Neill's 742Notes:"Collected by Fielding"

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X:742
T:Friendly Jack
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 742
R:Jig
N:"Collected by Fielding"
K:D
   A2 D FED  | A2 D FED  | A2 D FED  | G2 E E3   |
   A2 D FED  | A2 D FED  | G2 A B2 G | F2 D D3  :|
|: d2 e f2 d | g2 e f2 d | d2 e f2 d | e2 d B2 c |
   d2 e f2 d | g2 e f2 d | f2 B A2 G | F2 D D3  :|
FAQ

Questions about Friendly Jack

  • Friendly Jack is in D, in 6/8 time. The D 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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