jig · Key of Em

Miss Downing's fancy

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Miss Downing's fancy"Miss Downing's fancyDouble jiganon. (Ireland)1)1224545050202454504045024545050235052532032054202522120253205250200200252502025320525025320525050252205420Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 333

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X:333
T:Miss Downing's fancy
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 333
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Em
(E2F) GFG|AGA (B2e)|(E2F) GFG|AFD FGA|(E2F) GFG|AGA Bcd|edB ({d}c)BA|[1({c}B)AG FED:|[2BGE "1)"E3||
|:(e2f) ({a}g)fe|dBd e3|(Be).e (Be).e|fdB def|(e2f) ({a}g)fe|dBd (.e2.f)|({a}g)fe dBG|[1AGA BGE:|[2BAG FED|]
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Questions about Miss Downing's fancy

  • Miss Downing's fancy is in Em, in 6/8 time. The E minor 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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