jig · Key of D

Paddy the Piper

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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 "Paddy the Piper"Paddy the Piper00555450235250555450545005554502353575752553045052552523230454523505450525525232304504040204520405245204054204504052553252304522040524520405420450405255332523045Book: O'Neill's 964Notes:"Collected by F.O'Neill"

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X:964
T:Paddy the Piper
N:"Collected by F.O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 964
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
A|Add dcd|efg afd|Add dcd|edc d2A|
Add dcd|efg aga|bab afd|{a}gec d2:|
A|dfa afd|Bgf gec|dcd Bgd|edc d2A|
dfa afd|Bgf gec|dAF DFA|Bec d2:|
M:9/8
B|AFA GEc d2B|AFA GFE D2(F/G/)|AFA GEa a2g|fdf gec d2B/B/|
AFA GEc d2B|AFA GFE D2F/G/|AFA GEa a2g/g/|fdf gec d2:|
FAQ

Questions about Paddy the Piper

  • Paddy the Piper is in D, in 6/8 time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 99% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • 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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