jig · Key of D

Shandon bells

O’Neill 1907 no. 1

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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 "Shandon bells"Shandon bellsDouble jiganon. (Ireland)= 1281220400405054202522402024504004050542024504055425532505255525400000424023250525552524504055Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 1

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X:1
T:Shandon bells
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 1
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=128
K:D
B|:AFD DFA|ded cBA|BGE EFA|B2A Bcd|\
AFD DFA|ded cBA|Bcd ecA|[1d3 dcB:|[2 d3d2||
g|f2 d- ded|faa afd|cAA eAA|cBc efg|f2 d- ded|faa afd|Bcd ecA|d3 d2:|
FAQ

Questions about Shandon bells

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

  • Very easy. 100% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 5.

  • 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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