jig · Key of D

The Fisherman's Widow

O’Neill 1903 no. 931

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Fisherman's Widow."The Fisherman's Widow.Jig450405400545024505405450405400545450250400502554002450255255401250250400545450250400525303420404502050400Book: O'Neill's 931Notes:"collected by P. Mahony."

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X:931
T:The Fisherman's Widow.
B:O'Neill's 931
N:"collected by P. Mahony."
M:6/8
R:Jig
L:1/8
K:D
F2 G AFA | dcA AGF | G3 ABc | ded cAG | F2 G AFA | dcA AGF |
| GFG ABG | AFD D3 :| d2 e f2 d | dcA ABc | d2 e f2 a | afd dcA |
|1 d2 e f2 d | ecA AGF | GFG ABG | AFD D3 :|2 afa geg |
FED cAF | G2 A BAG | AFD D3 |]
FAQ

Questions about The Fisherman's Widow

  • The Fisherman's Widow is in D, in 6/8 time. The D 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.

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