jig · Key of G
Happy to meet and sorry to part
O’Neill 1907 no. 78
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X:78 T:Happy to meet and sorry to part C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 78 R:Double jig M:6/8 L:1/8 K:G g/f/W|edc BAB|GEF G2A|Bdd Bee|Bdd dge|dBG AGE|DEG G2A|Bed B2A|BGG G2:| |:e/f/|gag fed|Bdd def|gag fed|Bee e2f|gag gfe|dBd g2 "^2d""_1st"[ef]|[1 dBG AGE|DEG G2:|[2 gfg eag|fef gfeW|]
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Questions about Happy to meet and sorry to part
Happy to meet and sorry to part 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.