slip jig · Key of Dmix

I have a wife of my own

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A slip jig runs 113 to 124 at a session. One click is a dotted quarter note, not the eighth notes you are playing. Full metronome

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "I have a wife of my own"I have a wife of my ownSlip jig, hopanon. (Ireland)242502245204024250235040532040242502242520402425023504053204035323202425025237325250405320403532320242502523735253040532040Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 450

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ABC notation source
X:450
T:I have a wife of my own
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 450
R:Slip jig, hop
M:9/8
L:1/8
K:Dmix
EFE (G2A) B3|(E2F) G2(B A)FD|EFE (G2A) Bcd|DFA (dc)(B A)FD|\
EFE (G2A) B3|EFE G2(B A)FD|EFE (G2A) Bcd|DFA (dc)(B A)FD||
||gag fgf e3|EFE G2A BGE|gbg faf d3|DFA dcB AFD|\
gag fgf e3|EFE G2A BGE|gbg afd g3|DFA dcB AFD|]
FAQ

Questions about I have a wife of my own

  • I have a wife of my own is in Dmix, in 9/8 time. The D mixolydian 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 7.

  • It is a slip jig, written in 9/8.

  • 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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