jig · Key of D

Paddy's whiskers

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Paddy's whiskers"Paddy's whiskersDouble jiganon. (Ireland)054502454205025205454520545024542050252040255523500020532040500020054205450245420332520402555Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 259

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X:259
T:Paddy's whiskers
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 259
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
A/G/|FGA Bcd|cBA d2e|fdB AGF|GFG EAG|FGA Bcd|cBA d2e|fdB AFA|Bdd d2:|
|:f/g/|aAA ABA|agf ecA|dDD DED|AGF E2A/G/|FGA Bcd|cBA g2g|fdB AFA|Bdd d2:|
FAQ

Questions about Paddy's whiskers

  • Paddy's whiskers 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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