jig · Key of G

Is Not This Pleasant?

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Is Not This Pleasant?"Is Not This Pleasant?5235305255250230325553032523052523530153035023502055Book: O'Neill's 120Notes:"Gaily"

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X:120
T:Is Not This Pleasant?
N:"Gaily"
B:O'Neill's 120
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
G | B>cd (c<A)d | B2 G G2 B | d>ef (g<e)g | f2 d d2 d |
geg fdB | c2 e dBG | B>cd g2 e | =f2 d c>AF |\
G>AB c2d | {AB}A2 G G2 |]
FAQ

Questions about Is Not This Pleasant?

  • Is Not This Pleasant? is in G, in 6/8 time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Very easy. 100% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 5.

  • 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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