jig · Key of D

The Charming Young Widow

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Charming Young Widow"The Charming Young Widow005554502352505554505454055545023535757525530450525525235304545235054505255252353045240402045Book: O'Neill's 872Notes:"Collected by F.O'Neill"

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X:872
T:The Charming Young Widow
N:"Collected by F.O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 872
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
A|Add dcd|efg afd|Add dcd|edc d2c|
Add dcd|efg aga|bab afd|{a}gec d2:|
A|dfa afd|Bgd gec|dcd Bgd|edc d2A|
dfa afd|Bgd gec|dBF DFA|Bec d2:|
FAQ

Questions about The Charming Young Widow

  • The Charming Young Widow is in D, in 6/8 time. The D 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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