jig · Key of Gm

Friends of my heart

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Friends of my heart"Friends of my heartDouble jiganon. (Ireland)3105305014535153531053501053053013505615303055505153235631053031013510535153565313550135731555Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 335

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X:335
T:Friends of my heart
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 335
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Gm
c|BAG FD(C|D)E^F G2c|dfd cd(c|B)AG (FG)A|BAG FD(C|F)DE (FG)A|(d/e/f)(d c)A(F|A)GG G2:|
||D|GBd g^fg|dec BAG|FAc f=ef|cdB AGF|GBd (g2a)|bag fga|d=ef gd([Ac]|B)GG G2:|
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Questions about Friends of my heart

  • Friends of my heart is in Gm, in 6/8 time. The G minor scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 96% 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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