jig · Key of Em

The glens of Mayo

O’Neill 1907 no. 270

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The glens of Mayo"The glens of MayoDouble jiganon. (Ireland)052505250230525205025035250525253205250525055223220320503205520054522322023575753205205222Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 270

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X:270
T:The glens of Mayo
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 270
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Em
e|dBG AGE|GAB c2e|dBG BAG|ABd e2g|dBG AGE|GBd gfe|dBG AGE|GAG G2:|
||B|BcB Beg|fed e2g|fed dBA|Ad^c d2B|BcB Bef|gab a2(b/a/)|gfe dBA|GEE E2:|
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Questions about The glens of Mayo

  • The glens of Mayo is in Em, in 6/8 time. The E minor scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 98% 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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