jig · Key of D
MALOWNEY'S WIFE
O’Neill 1903 no. 709
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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ABC notation source
X:709 T:MALOWNEY'S WIFE M:6/8 L:1/8 B:O'NEILL'S 709 N:"collected by Ennis" K:D (A/G/)|F2 A AFA|AFA AFD|GBG FGA|BGE E2 (A/G/)| F2 A AFA|AFA d2 A|Bcd AFd|AFD D2:| ||d|ecA Bcd|ecA AGF|GBG FGA|BGE E2 d| ecA Bcd|ecA d2 A|Bcd AFd|AFD D2:| ||(f/g/)|afa gfe|fed cBA|BdB AFA|BGE E2 (f/g/)| afa gfe|fed cBA|BdB AFd|AFD D2:|
FAQ
Questions about MALOWNEY'S WIFE
MALOWNEY'S WIFE 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.