jig · Key of D

The lovely lad

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The lovely lad"The lovely ladSingle jiganon. (Ireland)302450054004242352550253025054024540052505025502035350335025305230325023255Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 406

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X:406
T:The lovely lad
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 406
R:Single jig
m:Tn2 = (3n/o/n/ m/n/
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
(3A/B/c/|d2A A2G|F2D D2F|EFE =c2G|(E2=C) C2A|(TB2G) =c2A|(TB2G) A2G|(TF2D) EFG|F2D D2:|
|:d|f2d Ade|f2d def|e2=c Gcd|e2=c cde|(Tf2d) g2e|(Ta2f) g2e|({g}f2)d efg|f2d d2:|
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Questions about The lovely lad

  • The lovely lad 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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