jig · Key of G

Is it the priest you want?

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Is it the priest you want?"Is it the priest you want?Single jiganon. (Ireland)0052524522020525253000052524522020525323255523323525300355753570023323523002205253232555Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 376

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X:376
T:Is it the priest you want?
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 376
R:Single jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
e|edB d2B|{^c}d2B B2e|{f}edB d2B|{d}c2A A2e|edB d2B|{^c}d2B B2e|{f}edB {a}gfg|BGG G2:|
||f|g2g (f/g/a)f|{a}g2e e2g|a2a {b}aga|b2e e2f|g2g (f/g/a)f|g2e e2f|{f}edB {a}gfg|BGG G2:|
FAQ

Questions about Is it the priest you want?

  • Is it the priest you want? 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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