slip jig · Key of Em
Spatter the dew
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:446 T:Spatter the dew C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 446 R:Slip jig, hop m:Tn2 = (3n/o/n/ m/n/ M:9/8 L:1/8 K:Em EFE E2F G2F|EFE E2B AFD|EFE E2F G2B|AFA dAG FED:|E2B- TB2F G2F|E2B- TB2G AFD| E2B- TB2F G2B|AFA dAG FED|E2B- TB2F G2F|E2B- TB2G AFD|E2B AB^c dcB|AFA dAG FED||B2e (e/f/ed)e2d| B2e- e2a fdB|A2d- d2^c d2B|A2e d2B AFD|B2e (e/f/ed) e2d|B2e- e2a fdB|fga efg d2A|B2^c A2G FED|| BdB ABA TG2F|EFE TE2B AFD|BdB ABA TG2B|AFA dAG FED|BdB ABA TG2F|EFE TG2F AFD|B^cd ABc dcB|AFA dAG FED|]
FAQ
Questions about Spatter the dew
Spatter the dew is in Em, in 9/8 time. The E minor 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 slip jig, written in 9/8.
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.