jig · Key of C

Strike the Young Harp

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Strike the Young Harp"Strike the Young Harpdouble jig30025505320530025535202535002350320555525250253500233533033500235155253503352352310533053520253053053532053053053520253500235032055552525025Book: O'Neill's 1052

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ABC notation source
X:1052
T:Strike the Young Harp
R:double jig
B:O'Neill's 1052
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:C
c>AA B>GG|AGF E>DC|c>AA B>GG|cGE DEG|
c>de A>Bc|GAF E2D|C>CC C2E|GEC DEG||
cde e^fg|gag gec|cde e^fg|afd dBG|
cde g2g|a(^f/g/a/f/) g2=f|e>dc ced|cGE DEG||
ced ced|cGF EDC|ced ced|cGE DEG|
cde A>Bc|GAF E2D|C>CC C2E|GEC DEG||
FAQ

Questions about Strike the Young Harp

  • Strike the Young Harp is in C, in 6/8 time. The C 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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