jig · Key of G

The humors of Bantry

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A jig runs 108 to 124 at a session. One click is a dotted quarter note, not the eighth notes you are playing. Full metronome

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The humors of Bantry"The humors of BantryDouble jiganon. (Ireland)= 1285323023052505202505025205232302305250520250502555505535505535212502532305205232302305250520550230255532353573005254502302555Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 13

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X:13
T:The humors of Bantry
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 13
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=128
K:G
d|gfg (e/f/g)e|dBG AGE|DEG AGA|BGB AGE|gfg (e/f/g)e|\
dBG AGE|DEG AGA|BGGG2:|d|edd gdd|edd gdB|
def {a}gfg|edB AGE|[1gfg (e/f/g)e|dBG AGE|DGG (A/B/c)A|\
BGG G2:|[2 gfg aga|bge edB|GFG (A/B/c)A|BGG G2|]
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Questions about The humors of Bantry

  • The humors of Bantry 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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