jig · Key of Am
My Former Wife
O’Neill 1903 no. 849
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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ABC notation source
X:849 T:My Former Wife N:"Collected by Early" B:O'Neill's 849 M:6/8 L:1/8 K:Am E|EAA EBc|BAG c2A|BGE EFE|GED DED| EAA ABc|BAB GBd|ede gdB|(~BA)A A2:| d|efg abc'|bag a2g|ede g2a|(g<b)a ged| efg abc'|bag a2g|ede gdB|(~BA)A A2:|
FAQ
Questions about My Former Wife
My Former Wife is in Am, in 6/8 time. The A minor scale gives you every note it uses.
Harder. 92% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 8.
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.