jig · Key of A
The Absent Minded Man
O’Neill 1903 no. 758
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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ABC notation source
X:758
T:The Absent Minded Man
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 758
R:Jig
K:A
d | cAc efg | aed c2 A | dfd cec | dBB B2 d |
cAc efg | aed c2 A | Bba gfg | aAA A2 :|
|: c | ecc Acc | ecc Acc | dBB GBB | dBB GBB |
ecc fdd | gee aff | ecc gBG | ABA A2 :|FAQ
Questions about The Absent Minded Man
The Absent Minded Man is in A, in 6/8 time. The A major scale gives you every note it uses.
Easy. 96% 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.