jig · Key of G

Let Us Be Drinking

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Let Us Be Drinking"Let Us Be Drinking253332357875353332352552Tenor Banjo5333235787533235253205Tenor Banjo550522300555052530455Tenor Banjo505023502333735253205Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 479Notes:"Playfully" "collected by F.O'Neill"Irish title: bei.d maoid ag ol
ABC notation source
X:479
T:Let Us Be Drinking
N:"Playfully" "collected by F.O'Neill"
N:Irish title: bei.d maoid ag ol
B:O'Neill's 479
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
B | (dg).g (~gf).g | (abc') (bag) | (dg)g (~gf).g | (afd) (d2B) |
(dg)g ~gfg | (abc') (bag) | (~gf).g afd | (~cB).A G2 ||
d | G>AG B2 B | cAe d2 d | G>AG B2 d | (~cA).F G2 d |
G>AG ABc | def g2 g | gbg afd | (~cB)A G2 ||
FAQ

Questions about Let Us Be Drinking

  • Let Us Be Drinking is in G, in 6/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Harder. 92% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 8.

  • It is a jig, written in 6/8.

  • 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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