jig · Key of Em

Handy with the stick

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Handy with the stick"Handy with the stickDouble jiganon. (Ireland)502053205252520255020523202053205252520255022060023525253523523002003053205220335205420255022060Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 143

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X:143
T:Handy with the stick
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 143
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Em
(G/A/)|Bed cBA|GEG BGE|DEG GAB|edB cBA|Bed cBA|GEG BGE|DEG GAB|Be^d e2:|
|:(e/f/)|gdB GBd|gaf gdB|cAA EAA|ced cBA|GBB Acc|GBA GFE|DEG GAB|Be^d e2:|
FAQ

Questions about Handy with the stick

  • Handy with the stick is in Em, in 6/8 time. The E minor scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 98% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.

  • 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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