jig · Key of Bm

The Connachtman's rambles

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Connachtman's rambles"The Connachtman's ramblesDouble jiganon. (Ireland)320540050020050540052052242054005002025023205205222Tenor Banjo227725532025022772552050027752052450253205205222Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 218
ABC notation source
X:218
T:The Connachtman's rambles
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 218
R:Double jig
m:Mn = (3n/o/n/
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Bm
(3B/A/G/|FAA dAA|MBAA dAG|FAA dfe|dBB {c}BAG|FAA dAA|MBAB def|gfe dfe|dBB B2:|
|:f|fbb faa|{g}fef def|fbb faa|fed e2e|fbb afe|dBc def|{a}gfe dfe|dBB B2:|
FAQ

Questions about The Connachtman's rambles

  • The Connachtman's rambles is in Bm, in 6/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Moderate. 94% 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. 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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