jig · Key of D

My Brother Tom

O’Neill 1903 no. 996

Also known as Tomas Mo Dearbratair

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A jig runs 108 to 124 at a session. One click is a dotted quarter note, not the eighth notes you are playing. Full metronome

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "My Brother Tom"My Brother TomTomas Mo Dearbratairdouble jig"collected by J.Kennedy"0020052502424020052540526020052502424054540540520024545054540245020540510245450545450242454552622050545404050240540520Book: O'Neill's 996Source: 996 O'Neill's Music of IrelandNotes:I think this should be in the key of C

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X:996
T:My Brother Tom
T:Tomas Mo Dearbratair
R:double jig
C:"collected by J.Kennedy"
S:996 O'Neill's Music of Ireland
N:I think this should be in the key of C
B:O'Neill's 996
M:6/8
K:D
D|:DED AGE|GAB cBc|DED AGE|GcA GEC|
|DED AGE|GAB cBc|edc dcA|GcA GED:|
|ABc dcd|edc d2 c|ABc d2 e|fed cAG|
[1 ABc dcd|edc d2 c|GAB cBc|GcG GEC:|
[2 fed edc|dcA c2A|GAB c2 A|GcA GED||
FAQ

Questions about My Brother Tom

  • My Brother Tom is in D, in 6/8 time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 98% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.

  • 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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