jig · Key of G

Planxty O'Rourke

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Planxty O'Rourke"Planxty O'RourkeO'Carolan05502352533335035250230235235357573230532305255000255333325323525000023052550055505502352520002002350305555032222205555054200002454054504053235545005Book: O'Neill's 660Notes:"With spirit"O'Neill has two sharps, but this is clearly a typo.

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X:660
T:Planxty O'Rourke
C:O'Carolan
B:O'Neill's 660
N:"With spirit"
N:O'Neill has two sharps, but this is clearly a typo.
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
D \
| ">"G(G/A/B/c/) dBG | ccc (c/d/e)c | dBd (e/f/g).e | (f/g/a).f g2d |
| .g(ab) (ab)g | (fg).e (dc).B | .c(Ad) .B(Gd) | eee f2d/d/ |
| g>gg g(Bd) | gfg afd | eee (e/f/g).e | dBG G2D |
| (DG).G Gz D | ">"G(G/A/B/c/) dBG | (EA).A Az E | ">"A(A/B/c/d/) ecA |
| ddd dec | B>BB BB>A | G>GG G2A | (GFE) DDD |
| (DEF) .G(B,D) | GFG (AFD) | d2c (B/c/d).G | (F/G/A)D G2 |]
FAQ

Questions about Planxty O'Rourke

  • Planxty O'Rourke 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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