reel · Key of D

Pretty Peggy

Also known as mair.greadin .deas

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Pretty Peggy"Pretty Peggymair.greadin .deas.reel052504205250320525040452402062Tenor Banjo3333525042052503202353045420254026200Tenor Banjo3333304200020004200062254200020005424202000Tenor Banjo34205040200054206225405204520452400Tenor BanjoBook: "O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland, 1476"Notes:"collected from J. O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X:1476
T:Pretty Peggy
R:reel
N:"collected from J. O'Neill"
B:"O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland, 1476"
T: mair.greadin .deas.
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
A|d2 (fd) AFED|d2 (fd) egfe|d2 fd AFDF|GBFA EDCE|
d2 (fd) AFED|d2 (fd) egfe|((3fga) ((3gec) ((3dcB) ((3ABG)|FDEC (A,D) D||
A|((3FED) (AD) BDAD|((3FED) (AD) CEEG|((3FED) (AD) BDAD|((3GFE) ((3FED) A,DDA|
((3FED) (dD) cDBD|AD (G/F/E/D/) CEEG|FAdf ecdB|AFGE (FD) D||
FAQ

Questions about Pretty Peggy

  • Pretty Peggy is in D, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 97% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.

  • It is a reel, written in C|.

  • 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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