jig · Key of A

Sergt. Stack's favorite

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Sergt. Stack's favorite"Sergt. Stack's favoriteDouble jiganon. (Ireland) ~ ~ ~024242062602454502405405424206260254206202000 ~ ~02450254240524052450254240545024502542405754054502045205Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 241

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ABC notation source
X:241
T:Sergt. Stack's favorite
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 241
R:Double jig
m:Nn3 = n o/n/ (3m/n/-n/
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:A
(A/B/)W||"   ~"Nc3 BcB|AGE GAB|"   ~"Nc3 dcd|(e/f/g).e (a/g/e).d|"   ~"Nc3 BcB|AGE GAB|{d}cBA GED|EAA A2 H:|
|:(A/B/)|(c/d/e).f {a}gfg|eaf ge(d/B/)|(c/d/e).f {a}gfg|eag a2(A/B/)|(c/d/e).f {a}gfg|eab ag(e/d/)|"   ~"Nc3 "   ~"Nd3|.e{f}.e.c d.f(e/d/)W:|
FAQ

Questions about Sergt. Stack's favorite

  • Sergt. Stack's favorite is in A, in 6/8 time. The A major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Moderate. 94% 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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