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)40555452532040424240530405054520523520530405555533323573205323202573205533353205235205304055540502055325305450304320320454520232357320530405555353373252235205002305255032023235350532053040555Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 248

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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. 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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