jig · Key of Bm

The Humours of Glyn

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Humours of Glyn"The Humours of Glyn0254202405555402542024004020Tenor Banjo254202405555405254040402Tenor Banjo20555455250403532025204020Tenor Banjo5257575325353202520402Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 176Notes:"Gheerfully" "collected by F. O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X:176
T:The Humours of Glyn
N:"Gheerfully" "collected by F. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 176
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Bm
A|B(d/c/B/A/) .B(FA)|.d.d.d .d(FA)|B(d/c/B/A/) .B(FA)|(DFA) B2 A|
B(d/c/B/A/) .B(FA)|.d.d.d .d(FA)|GBG FAF|DFA B2||
B|(Ad).d dcd|(dfd) (ecA)|(ga/g/f/e/) .f(dB)|AFA B2 A|
dfa b3|(ab/a/g/f/) a3|(ga/g/f/e/) fdB|AFA B2||
FAQ

Questions about The Humours of Glyn

  • The Humours of Glyn is in Bm, in 6/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 98% 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. 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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