jig · Key of G

The Irish Exile

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Irish Exile"The Irish Exile502052000502052555502525250305532052000502525250305532052555Book: O'Neill's 388Notes:"Slow."H is a fermata, ">" is an accent.

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X: 388
T:The Irish Exile
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 388
N:"Slow."
N:H is a fermata, ">" is an accent.
K:G
(G/2A/2)|(B>AG) (EA).A|A3-A2(G/2A/2)|(B>AG) (EG).G|G3-G2(G/2A/2)|
BGB ">"d2(B/2d/2)|ece ">"d2(d/2c/2)|(B>AG) (EA).A|A3-A2(G/2A/2)|
BGB ">"d2(B/2d/2)|ece ">"d2(d/2c/2)|(B>AG) (EG).G|G3-HG2||
FAQ

Questions about The Irish Exile

  • The Irish Exile is in G, in 6/8 time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Very easy. 100% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 5.

  • 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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