jig · Key of A

Long John's wedding

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Long John's wedding"Long John's weddingDouble jiganon. (Ireland)0400205420540024542454002054205402620000245020052245054202454205454026200Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 233

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X:233
T:Long John's wedding
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 233
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:A
e|c2A ABA|agf e2d|c2A ABc|d2c Bcd|c2A ABA|agf e2d|c2A BGB|A3 A2:|
|:e|A2Bc2d|efe e3|d2B Bcd|e2d cBA|f2g agf|e2d c2a|c2A BGB|A3 A2:|
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Questions about Long John's wedding

  • Long John's wedding is in A, in 6/8 time. The A major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 97% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.

  • 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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