jig · Key of Am

The humors of Ballinafauna

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The humors of Ballinafauna"The humors of BallinafaunaSingle jiganon. (Ireland)5200230252505202505520245023023503052500350505787573030053205505057875731052500Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 391

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X:391
T:The humors of Ballinafauna
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 391
R:Single jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Am
G|E2A A2B|c2A BGE|GAG EDE|GAG GED|E^FG A2B|c2A Bcd|ege dBG|A3 A2:|
||g|a2e a2e|abc' bab|=g2e g2e|edc BAG|a2e a2e|abc' bab|gfe dBG|A3 A2:|
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Questions about The humors of Ballinafauna

  • The humors of Ballinafauna is in Am, in 6/8 time. The A minor scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Harder. 90% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 8.

  • 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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