slip jig · Key of D

Paddy Now Wont You Be Easy?

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A slip jig runs 113 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 "Paddy Now Wont You Be Easy?"Paddy Now Wont You Be Easy?slipjig000545204000545200005452042222402055550542050550230555545420222240205005452045005452050054520422224020Book: O'Neill's Music of IrelandNotes:O'Neill's - 1143

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X:1143
T:Paddy Now Wont You Be Easy?
B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland
N:O'Neill's - 1143
M:9/8
R:slipjig
K:D
   DDD dcd BAF | DDD dcd B2 A | DDD dcd BAF | BEE EFA B2 A :|
|: ddd ded cBA | ded def g2 e | ddd dcd cBA | BEE EFA B2 A :|
|: dDD dcd BAF | dDD dcd B2 A | dDD dcd BAF | BEE EFA B2 A :|
FAQ

Questions about Paddy Now Wont You Be Easy?

  • Paddy Now Wont You Be Easy? is in D, in 9/8 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 slip jig, written in 9/8.

  • 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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