jig · Key of D

O'Mahony's frolics

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "O'Mahony's frolics"O'Mahony's frolicsDouble jiganon. (Ireland)540040504040245262545262540040504040525245040032552552550212044043040232552552502325205025555253032520405252450400Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 190

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X:190
T:O'Mahony's frolics
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 190
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
G|F2D DFD|dAF (AF)D|(E/F/G)(E C)EG|cGE CEG|F2D DFD|dA(F AF)D|GBG E(FG|AF)D D2::g|f2d dfd|af(d de)f|
e2c cec|gec (ef)g|[1 f2d dfd|afd (ef)g|fdB Ad(e|f)dd d2:|[2 afa geg|fdf ecA|GBG EF(G|A)FD D2|]
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Questions about O'Mahony's frolics

  • O'Mahony's frolics 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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