jig · Key of G

The bucks of Westmeath

O’Neill 1907 no. 383

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The bucks of Westmeath"The bucks of WestmeathSingle jiganon. (Ireland)0525250235252302305252502532053202353235320305323235320232323578753320320532023052550525505255202305255052555320532023Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 383

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X:383
T:The bucks of Westmeath
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 383
R:Single jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
e|d3 BdB|G2A B2c|d3 BdB|cAB c2e|d3 BdB|G2A B2d|gfe dcB|A2B c2:|
|:d|gfg dcB|ege 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:|
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Questions about The bucks of Westmeath

  • The bucks of Westmeath is in G, in 6/8 time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • 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. 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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