jig · Key of G

Paddy O'Rafferty

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Paddy O'Rafferty"Paddy O'RaffertyDouble jiganon. (Ireland)50202003205250202050552050202003202353205250552002200002205202200050552002200002202353205250552053502350552553502350552053502332053250552020020025205220020050552020020025202353205250552025052505225052505520255055255023532052505520Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 178

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X:178
T:Paddy O'Rafferty
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 178
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
GAB DED|DcB AGE|GAB DED|GAG GED|GAB DED|DcB ABc|dcB AGE|GAG GED::DBB DAA|
DBB AGE|DBB DAA|GAG GED|DBB DAA|DBB ABc|dcB AGE|GAG GED::dcd efg|ded dBG|dcd efg|
GAG GED|dcd efg|gfe dcB|GAG GED::BDD EDD|BGB AGE|BDD EDD|GAG GED|BDD EDD|
BGB ABc|dcB AGE|GAG GED::B2G A2G|B2G AGE|B2G AGE|GAG GED|BGG AGG|BGG ABc|dcB AGE|GAG GED:|
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Questions about Paddy O'Rafferty

  • Paddy O'Rafferty is in G, in 6/8 time. The G 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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