jig · Key of G
The dairy maid
O’Neill 1907 no. 292
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:292 T:The dairy maid C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 292 R:Double jig M:6/8 L:1/8 K:G (A/G/)|FDD FEF|DGG G2A|BAB GBd|cAG F2A|BAB Bcd|cBc ABc|(d/e/f)d cAF|AGG G2:| ||d|gfe fdc|BGG G2g|fef (d/e/f)d|cAG F2c|BAB Bcd|cBc ABc|(d/e/f)d cAF|AGG G2:|
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Questions about The dairy maid
The dairy maid is in G, in 6/8 time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.
Very easy. 100% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 5.
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.