jig · Key of G

The eavesdropper

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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 eavesdropper"The eavesdropperDouble jiganon. (Ireland)= 12805222052555253005252000252220525552530052025555323525023523005252000523575250235253005202555Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 17

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X:17
T:The eavesdropper
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 17
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=128
K:G
D|GBB BAG|Bdd dBG|cee dBG|BAA A2B|GBB BAG|Bdd dBG|cee dBA|BGG G2:|
d|gfg afd|efg d2B|cee dBG|BAA Adf|gab afd|efg dBG|cee dBA|BGG G2:|
FAQ

Questions about The eavesdropper

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

  • Easy. 99% 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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