jig · Key of G

My Love is a Lady

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "My Love is a Lady"My Love is a Lady550535775323205325452023Tenor Banjo50535775323205254005Tenor Banjo535375387573525353205455Tenor Banjo735255785325023254005Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 223Notes:"Playful""Collected by F.O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X: 223
T: My Love is a Lady
B: O'Neill's 223
N: "Playful"
N: "Collected by F.O'Neill"
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K:G
G \
| d>ed (gab) | {b}agf g2(f/e/) | dcB GFG | BAz z2(B/c/) |
| d>ed gab | {b}agf g2(f/e/) | dBG FDA | G3- G2 ||
|| d \
| g>ag bag | c'ba b/g/zz | afd g>ag | {f}ed^c d2d |
| b>gd (B/G/) z (a/b/) | c'ag (f/d/) z (e/f/) | gBd FDA | G3- G2 ||
FAQ

Questions about My Love is a Lady

  • My Love is a Lady is in G, in 6/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Harder. 90% 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. 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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