jig · Key of D
Smash the windows
O’Neill 1907 no. 386
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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ABC notation source
X:386
T:Smash the windows
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 386
R:Single jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
A,|DED F2A|d2f ecA|G2B F2A|E2F GFE|DED F2A|d2f ecA|Bgf {f}edc|d3 d2:|
||a|a2f d2e|f2g agf|g2e c2d|e2f gfe|f2d g2e|a2f bag|fed cde|d3 d z a|
agf fed|Adf afd|gfe ecA|Ace gfe|fed gfe|agf bag|fed cde|d3 d2:|FAQ
Questions about Smash the windows
Smash the windows is in D, in 6/8 time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.
Easy. 98% 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.