jig · Key of G

The Bucks of Westmeath

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Bucks of Westmeath"The Bucks of Westmeath052525024525230230Tenor Banjo52525025320532023Tenor Banjo53235323235323235320232Tenor Banjo323578753320320532023Tenor Banjo05255052550525520230Tenor Banjo5255052555320532023Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 979Notes:"Collected by Delaney"
ABC notation source
X:979
T:The Bucks of Westmeath
N:"Collected by Delaney"
B:O'Neill's 979
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
e|d3 BdB|G2A B2^c|d3 BdB|cAB c2e|
d3 BdB|G2A B2d|gfe dcB|A2B c2:|
d|gfg dcB|gfg dcB|gfg dcB|A2B c2f|
gfg abc'|bag gfe|gfe dcB|A2B c2:|
e|dBG G2e|dBG G2e|dBG G2B|A2B c2e|
dBG G2e|dBG G2d|gfe dcB|A2B c2:|
FAQ

Questions about The Bucks of Westmeath

  • The Bucks of Westmeath is in G, in 6/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Moderate. 97% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 8.

  • 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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