jig · Key of A

McArdle's Favorite

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "McArdle's Favorite"McArdle's Favoritedouble jig2004000004202450402424204200400000420245040242005795204050405795210979520579520405042450402420Book: O'Neill's 1045Notes:"collected by J. O'Neill"

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X:1045
T:McArdle's Favorite
R:double jig
N:"collected by J. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1045
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:A
EAA cAA|eAA cBA|fga ecA|BcB {c}BAF|
EAA cAA|eAA cBA|fga ecA|BcB A2 z:|
(ea)(b c')af|.e(ce) aec|(ea)(b c')af|d'c'b c'af|
.e(ab c')af|.e(ce a)ec|(fg)(a e)cA|BcB A2 z:|
FAQ

Questions about McArdle's Favorite

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

  • Harder. 89% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 10.

  • 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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