jig · Key of G

The Dear Little Island

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Dear Little Island"The Dear Little IslandSegno53222320002350553220005322232000235053200555357352320532350532200035 D.S.7352320532753230532053Book: O'Neill's 1831

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X:1831
T:The Dear Little Island
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 1831
K:G
(d/"Segno"c/) | B2 B  Bgf | e2 e efg | d>ed dcB | BAA A2 (d/c/) |
                   B2 B  Bgf | e2 e efg | ded  cBA | AGG G2        ||
     (g/a/)      | b2 g a2 f | gfe  dcB | cde  dgB | BAA A2 (g/a/) |
                   b2 g a2 f | gfe  agf | bag  fge | dgf ed"   D.S."c |]
FAQ

Questions about The Dear Little Island

  • The Dear Little Island is in G, in 6/8 time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 97% 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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