jig · Key of D

Munster Bacon

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Munster Bacon"Munster BaconDouble jiganon. (Ireland)502004052054252504522250405452520230532050255525255257300232523050400545540052202323520502555Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 340

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X:340
T:Munster Bacon
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 340
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
G|ABA AFD|dfe (d2c)|BGB dA(F|G)EE E2G|AFA dc(d|B)GB (e/f/g)e|agf ed(e|f)dd d2:|
||f|afd dfa|bge efg|(fa)(f g)e(d|e)cA A2G|Fdd cee|dff efg|(f/g/a)(f e)d(e|f)dd d2:|
FAQ

Questions about Munster Bacon

  • Munster Bacon is in D, in 6/8 time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 99% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • 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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