jig · Key of D
The fisherman's widow
O’Neill 1907 no. 163
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:163 T:The fisherman's widow C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 163 R:Double jig M:6/8 L:1/8 K:D F2G AFA|dcA AGF|G3 ABc|ded cAG|F2G AFA|dcA AGF|GFG ABG|AFD D3::d2e f2d| dcA ABc|d2e f2g|afd dcA|[1 d2e f2d|ecA AGF|GFG ABG|AFD D3:|[2 afa geg|fed cAF|G2A BAG|AFD D3|]
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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.