jig · Key of D
The green meadow
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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ABC notation source
X:266
T:The green meadow
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 266
R:Double jig
m:Tn2 = (3n/o/n/ m/n/
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
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cBc ecA|Add fdB|AFA {A}B2A|[1Add fdB|cBc efg|fdB AGF|EFA B2:|[2Aff fed|cee efg|fdB AGF|EFA B2|]FAQ
Questions about The green meadow
The green meadow 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.