jig · Key of D
The Grumbling Rustic
O’Neill 1903
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:809 T:The Grumbling Rustic. C:F. O'Neill. B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland N:O'Neill's - 809 R:Jig M:6/8 K:D A|DED AFA|dcd AFD|AGF ~F2 E|AGF F2 E|DED AFA|dcd AFD| AFE E2 B|AFE E2:|A|DED d2 d|edc d2 B|AGF ~F2E|AGF F2 E| [1 DED d2 d|edc d2 B|AFE E2B|AFE E2:|[2 edc dcB|cBA Bcd|\ AFE E2 B|AFE E2|]
FAQ
Questions about The Grumbling Rustic
The Grumbling Rustic 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.