jig · Key of Em

Get up old woman and shake yourself

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Get up old woman and shake yourself"Get up old woman and shake yourselfSingle jiganon. (Ireland)2452320252254020404002452320250253205323202522Tenor Banjo23523202520235232025222352320250253205323202522Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 394
ABC notation source
X:394
T:Get up old woman and shake yourself
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 394
R:Single jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Em
E/F/|G2B ({c}B)AB|G2E E2G|F2A ({B}A)FA|F2D DEF|G2B ({c}B)AB|def ({a}g)fe|dcB ({c}B)AB|G2E E2:|
||(B/c/)|d2B ({c}B)AB|d2B ABc|d2B ({c}B)AB|G2E E2(B/c/)|d2B ({c}B)AB|def ({a}g)fe|dcB ({c}B)AB|G2E E2:|
FAQ

Questions about Get up old woman and shake yourself

  • Get up old woman and shake yourself is in Em, in 6/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • 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. 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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