jig · Key of D

The lasses of Dunse

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The lasses of Dunse"The lasses of DunseDouble jiganon. (Ireland)235250405003252054222235250405005404262004504025204050252054220235253032520402452450455Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 355

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X:355
T:The lasses of Dunse
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 355
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
(f/g/)|afd ecA|d2A A2=c|BGB AGF|E2E E2(f/g/)|afd ecA|d2A A2G|FDF ECE|D3 D2:|
|:(F/G/)|AFA BGB|AFA d2A|BGB AGF|E2E e2(f/g/)|afa geg|fdf ecA|(B/c/d)B (c/d/e)c|d3 d2:|
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Questions about The lasses of Dunse

  • The lasses of Dunse is in D, in 6/8 time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 99% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.

  • 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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