jig · Key of G

The humors of Ballingarry

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The humors of Ballingarry"The humors of BallingarryDouble jiganon. (Ireland)0255555305450255252304502555553054505023523045250230532050555357300525023230532025253523045Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 92

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X:92
T:The humors of Ballingarry
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 92
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
A|BGG dGG|cAG FGA|BGG BdB|cAF G2A|BGG dGG|cAG FGA|def gdB|cAF G2:|
|:B|def ~g3|edc BAG|eaa aga|bge edB|def gfg|edc BAB|GBd gdB|cAF G2:|
FAQ

Questions about The humors of Ballingarry

  • The humors of Ballingarry is in G, in 6/8 time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 99% 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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