jig · Key of G

Jackson's maid

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Jackson's maid"Jackson's maidDouble jiganon. (Ireland)00502530545025204052504005023530545023520400555235055323533235052025333575320530545023520400555Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 272

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X:272
T:Jackson's maid
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 272
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
D|DGA B2d|cAG FGA|BdB AFD|GBG AFD|DGA Bcd|cAG FGA|(B/c/d)B AFD|DGG G2:|
||(B/c/)|ded dcB|cdc cBc|ded fef|dgg g2a|bag fed|cAG FGA|(B/c/d)B AFD|DGG G2:|
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Questions about Jackson's maid

  • Jackson's maid 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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