jig · Key of D

Planxty Johnston

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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 "Planxty Johnston"Planxty JohnstonO'Carolan55542054520055420520502357525045020400402450552054555235245079107957302355575222325054504002454205450500020040025237325230325204055Book: O'Neill's 656Notes:"Lively"

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ABC notation source
X:656
T:Planxty Johnston
C:O'Carolan
B:O'Neill's 656
N:"Lively"
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
| d2d dcB | A2G F2G | E2A D2d | {d}c2B A2a |
| f2e d2e | f2g a2b | a2f d2e | c2d e2f |
| ecA ecA | B2c d2e | d2d {f}edc | d3 d2z ||
| afg a2f | c2d ebc' | d'2b c'2a | b2g efg |
| a2a aba | f2f fgf | ded c2d | ecA ABc |
| dcB AGF | G3- GAG | e2e efe ecA A2z |
| faf gbg | faf geg | fdf ecA | d3 d2z |]
FAQ

Questions about Planxty Johnston

  • Planxty Johnston is in D, in 6/8 time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Harder. 93% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 10.

  • 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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