jig · Key of D

The lads of Dunse

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The lads of Dunse"The lads of DunseDouble jiganon. (Ireland)204004004020245040222252040040040202450404000320250235202450402222320250235202450404000320250235202450402222323502320520245424000Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 354

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X:354
T:The lads of Dunse
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 354
R:Double jig
m:Tn2 = (3n/o/n/ o/4n/4-n/
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
B|AFD DFD|DFD (TB2A)|Bcd AFA|BEE E2(d/B/)|AFD DFD|DFD (TB2A)|Bcd AFA|FDD D2:|
g|fef d2e|fga (TB2A)|Bcd AFA|BEE E2g|fef d2e|fga (TB2A)|Bcd AFA|FDD D2g|
fef d2e|fga (TB2A)|Bcd AFA|BEE E2g|fga efg|fea (TB2A)|Bcd (TF2E)|FDD D2||
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Questions about The lads of Dunse

  • The lads of Dunse is in D, in 6/8 time. The D 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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