jig · Key of G

The Barronstown Races

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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 Barronstown Races"The Barronstown Racesdouble jig405554525320404242405304050545205235205304055555333235732053232025732055333532052352053040555405020553253054503043203204~5452023235532053040555535337325223520500230525503~~2023235350532053040555Book: O'Neill's 1038Notes:"collected by Cronin"

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X:1038
T:The Barronstown Races
R:double jig
N:"collected by Cronin"
B:O'Neill's 1038
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
F|DGG GFG|BGc BAF|DFE FEF|A2 d cAF|
DGA GFG|BAG Bcd|fed cAF|AGG G2:|
d|dgg gfg|abg fed|cBc fef|abg fed|
dgg gdc|BAG Bcd|fed cAF|AGG G2:|
F|DGA BAG|(d/c/B)d cAG|FGA cAF|(c/B/A)c BAF|
"~"GFG BAB|cBc dag|fed cAF|AGG G2:|
d|gdg gbg|fdf (f/g/a)f|ede (e/f/g)e|dBG GAc|
"~"BAB cBc|"~"dcd eag|fed cAF|AGG G2:|
FAQ

Questions about The Barronstown Races

  • The Barronstown Races is in G, in 6/8 time. The G 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.

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