jig · Key of Am

The Laccarue boys

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Laccarue boys"The Laccarue boysDouble jiganon. (Ireland)05200023205235010530525505200023205235010503053202052535720523505554575320235335720523501050305320Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 239

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X:239
T:The Laccarue boys
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 239
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Am
(A/G/)|EAA A>Bc|BAG (B<c)d|efe dge|dBG G2(A/G/)|EAA A>Bc|BAG (B<c)d|efe deg|(e>dc/B/) A2:|
|:(B/A/)|GBd gab|BAG (B<c)d|eaa a^ga|(b>ag/^f/) e2f|gag gab|BAG (B<c)d|efe deg|(e>dc/B/) A2:|
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Questions about The Laccarue boys

  • The Laccarue boys is in Am, in 6/8 time. The A minor scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 97% 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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