jig · Key of C

Mary's Return

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Mary's Return"Mary's Return3010532350532053105352301050535053053152505330135310133320230532530135310133320531525053Book: "O'Neill's 23"Notes:"Cheerful" "collected by J. O'Neill"

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X: 23
T: Mary's Return
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
B: "O'Neill's 23"
N: "Cheerful" "collected by J. O'Neill"
K:C
c/2-d/2 | efe dcB | cde GcB | Aag fed | c2 d/2-c/2 Bzc/2-d/2 |
efe ded | cde Gzc/2-B/2 | Aag fdB | d3 {ed}c2 ||
c/2-d/2 | efg dgf | efg ccB | ABc edc | B3 dzg/2-f/2 |
efg dgf | efg ccB | Aag fdB | d3 {ed}c2 ||
FAQ

Questions about Mary's Return

  • Mary's Return is in C, in 6/8 time. The C 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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