jig · Key of A

The Barndoor Jig

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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 "The Barndoor Jig."The Barndoor Jig.Jig20006024502542404052060620006024502424052400050550554575353353353324505505545755255424000Book: O'Neill's 939Notes:"collected by F. O'Neill."

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X:939
T:The Barndoor Jig.
B:O'Neill's 939
N:"collected by F. O'Neill."
M:6/8
R:Jig
L:1/8
K:A
EAA AGA | Bcd e2 f | {a}gfg ege | dBA G2 A/G/ |
EAA AGA | Bcd e2 f |  gfg edB | cAA A3 :|
aea aea | aga b2 a | =gdg gdg | =gdg g2 f/^g/ |
aea aea | aga b2 a | dfd dcB | cAA A2 z :|
FAQ

Questions about The Barndoor Jig

  • The Barndoor Jig is in A, in 6/8 time. The A major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Moderate. 93% 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.

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