jig · Key of A

The Christening

O’Neill 1903 no. 952

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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 Christening"The Christening540040026652400400400405224002665245045240000504526252504542040522400266524504524000Book: O'Neill's 952

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ABC notation source
X:952
T:The Christening
B:O'Neill's 952
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:A
a|cAA cAA|BGG d2B|cAA cAA|cAA g2e|
dBB cAA|BGG d2B|(c/d/e).c d2B|cAA A2:|
e|d2e g2a|BGB d2B|d2e g2a|gfe g2e|
dBB cAA|BGG d2B|(c/d/e).c d2B|cAA A2:|
FAQ

Questions about The Christening

  • The Christening is in A, in 6/8 time. The A major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Moderate. 92% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.

  • 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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