jig · Key of G

Planxty Lady Athenry

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Planxty Lady Athenry"Planxty Lady AthenryO'Carolan25250542055420550523205405025204045020545020045255250525300405545523525053235337325525337325205522523205323350230232550235235320532320023500455Book: O'Neill's 686Notes:"Lively"

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X:686
T:Planxty Lady Athenry
C:O'Carolan
B:O'Neill's 686
N:"Lively"
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
B3 G2B | d2D GFE | A2G {G}F2E | D2d ded |
| BcB A2G | F2A d2A | B3 G2B | A2F D3 |
| B,2C D2E | D2G FGA | B2D A2F | G2E CGE |
| d2e dBG | c2D A2F | D2G G2F | G3 G2 ||
|| (B/c/) \
| d2B G2e | d2c B2c | d2g gbg | f2d a2f |
| d2g gbg | faf e2d | d2f faf | gfe dcB |
| c3 c2d | efg efg | f2d d2e | fga fga |
| gfe dcB | cBA ABc | d2D A2F | G3 G2 |]
FAQ

Questions about Planxty Lady Athenry

  • Planxty Lady Athenry is in G, in 6/8 time. The G 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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