jig · Key of G

Going to Donnybrook

O’Neill 1903 no. 1086

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Going to Donnybrook"Going to Donnybrookdouble jigS2055255055525023525050252055255055525023525055523230230525023230532555213230230525023205202555S2375320520252SBook: O'Neill's 1086Notes:"collected by Early"

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X:1086
T:Going to Donnybrook
R:double jig
N:"collected by Early"
B:O'Neill's 1086
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
E|"S"DGG BGG|AGG GBd|efg dBG|AGA BGE|
DGG BGG|AGG GBd|efg dBG|AGG G2:|
f|gfg efg|edB def|gfg eag|fdd d2f|
gfg efg|edB def|1 gfe dBA|BGG G2:|
[2 gba gfe|dBA BGE"S"||
FAQ

Questions about Going to Donnybrook

  • Going to Donnybrook is in G, in 6/8 time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 99% 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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