jig · Key of G

The maid at the well

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A jig runs 108 to 124 at a session. One click is a dotted quarter note, not the eighth notes you are playing. Full metronome

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The maid at the well"The maid at the wellDouble jiganon. (Ireland)= 1280520020525305320502052052002050530532050255553550553523053205020525355055352305320502555Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 24

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X:24
T:The maid at the well
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 24
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=128
K:G
A|GED DED|GEG c2e|dcB AGA|BAG E2A|GED DED|GDG c2e|dcB AGA|BGG G2:|
d|gdd edd|gdB c2e|dcB AGA|BAG E2d|gdd edd|gdB c2e|dcB AGA|BGG G2:|
FAQ

Questions about The maid at the well

  • The maid at the well 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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