jig · Key of D

John the Blacksmith

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A jig runs 108 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 "John the Blacksmith"John the Blacksmith525525504430255255255523002550403025230255532054004443205402555020550444302522302555Book: O'Neill's 875

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ABC notation source
X:875
T:John the Blacksmith
B:O'Neill's 875
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
a|fdd fdd|ecc g2e|fdd fdd|fdd a2f|
gee fdd|ece g2e|faf g2e|fdd d2:|
g|fed c2A|ecc c2g|fed c2A|fdd d2e|
fed d2A|ccc g2e2|faf {f}g2e|fdd d2:|
FAQ

Questions about John the Blacksmith

  • John the Blacksmith is in D, in 6/8 time. The D 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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