jig · Key of G
The humors of Limerick
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:378 T:The humors of Limerick C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 378 R:Single jig M:6/8 L:1/8 K:G G2B d2B|g2e d2B|G2B d2B|AcA BGE|G2B d2B|g2e d2f|g2e d2B|AcA BGE:| |:g2a b2g|a2a age|g2a b2a|g2g ged|g2a b2g|a2a age|g2e d2B|AcA BGE:|
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Questions about The humors of Limerick
The humors of Limerick is in G, in 6/8 time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.
Easy. 96% 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.