jig · Key of G

the Maid of Selma

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "the Maid of Selma"the Maid of Selma5220253052205020025220253052205055323053250357005323053250375357002325502205022522025305220505Book: O'Neill's 250Notes:"Gaily"

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X: 250
T: the Maid of Selma
B: O'Neill's 250
N: "Gaily"
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K:G
(G2E) (EDE) | G3 (g2e) | (d2B) (BAG) | .A.B.A (A2B) \
| (G2E) (EDE) | G3 (g2e) | (d2B) .B.A.G | A3 G3 ||
|| d3 (gfg) | e3 (dcB) | (d2e) (g2a) | (b2e) e2z \
| d3 (gfg) | e3 (dcB) | (d2e) (g2b) | a3 (g2a) |
| (b2e) (efg) | (f2d) d3 | (e2B) (~BAG) | (A2E) E2 \
| (G2E) (~EDE) | G3 g3 | | .e.d.B .B.A.G | A3 G3 ||
FAQ

Questions about the Maid of Selma

  • the Maid of Selma is in G, in 6/8 time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 97% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • 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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