jig · Key of G

The maid of Kinsale

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The maid of Kinsale"The maid of KinsaleDouble jiganon. (Ireland)05050202525023205323000050532025250232050325550253525323502352053200025302350303205250532555Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 347

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X:347
T:The maid of Kinsale
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 347
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
D|GDG ABA|BGB def|(gf)(e d)c(B|c)AA A2D|GDG cB(A|B)G(B d)ef|(gf)(e d)e(c|B)GG G2:|
||A|Bdg dBG|cBc def|gdB ed(c|B)AA A2B|GcA Bcd|ece gfe|dBd ed(c|B)GG G2:|
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Questions about The maid of Kinsale

  • The maid of Kinsale 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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