jig · Key of G

The Boys of the West

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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 Boys of the West"The Boys of the Westdouble jig3205052525502323053200032050525255023230532555502323055535753753255530330235255020203202555Book: O'Neill's 1035Notes:"collected by Fielding"

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X:1035
T:The Boys of the West
R:double jig
N:"collected by Fielding"
B:O'Neill's 1035
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
g|fed edB|dBG GAB|cBc edc|BAA A2 g|
fed edB|dBG GAB|cBc edc|BGG G2:|
z|def gfg|eaa aga|bag bag|fdd d2 g|
ecc efg|dBG GAB|ABA gfe|BGG G2:|
FAQ

Questions about The Boys of the West

  • The Boys of the West 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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