jig · Key of G

The Barrowstown races

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Barrowstown races"The Barrowstown racesDouble jiganon. (Ireland)4055545253204042424053040505452052352053040555Tenor Banjo55333235732053232025732055333532052352053040555Tenor Banjo4050205532530545030432032045452023235732053040555Tenor Banjo5353373252235205002305255032023235350532053040555Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 248
ABC notation source
X:248
T:The Barrowstown races
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 248
R:Double jig
m:Mn = (3n/o/n/
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
F|DGG GFG|BGc BAF|DFE FEF|A2d 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|MGFG BAB|cBc dbg|fed cAF|AGG G2:|
|:d|gdg gbg|fdf (f/g/a)f|ede (e/f/g)e|dBG GAc|MBAB cBc|Mdcd eag|fed cAF|AGG G2:|
FAQ

Questions about The Barrowstown races

  • The Barrowstown races is in G, in 6/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • 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. 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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