jig · Key of D

Nolan the Soldier

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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 "Nolan the Soldier"Nolan the Soldierjig04002520454525424004002520024504024550232232040040232232323050232232040040245040245Book: O'Neill's 726Notes:"collected by F. O'Neill"

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X:726
T:Nolan the Soldier
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:jig
B:O'Neill's 726
N:"collected by F. O'Neill"
K:D
D2 F A2 A|BGB A2 F|GFG E2 G|FEF D3|\
D2 F A2 A|BGB A2 A|Bcd ecA|B2 c d2:|
||(d/2e/2)|fgf fgf|ecA Ace|fgf fgf|gfg e2 (d/2e/2)|\
fgf fgf|ecA Ace|Bcd ecA|B2 c d2 z:|
FAQ

Questions about Nolan the Soldier

  • Nolan the Soldier is in D, in 6/8 time. The D major 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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