jig · Key of D

The Maid of the Golden Tresses

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Maid of the Golden Tresses"The Maid of the Golden Tresses0505450232002054504504005054502320004054200244502400255400445024045042244502404532205404054200Book: O'Neill's 505Notes:"Tenderly" "collected by F. O'Neill"

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X:505
T:The Maid of the Golden Tresses
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 505
N:"Tenderly" "collected by F. O'Neill"
K:D
A | d2 (e/2d/2) cde | f>gf e2 A | .B.A.G .F.G.A | (c>de/2c/2) A2 A |
d>ed cde | fgf e2 A | .A.F.A .G.F.E | (D3 D2)  ||
E | F (F/2G/2) (A/2B/2) .c.A.A | .B.G.G .c.A.A |  F (F/2G/2) (A/2B/2) cAc
| dec f2 E | F (F/2G/2) (A/2B/2) cAc | dgf {f}e2 d | .c.A.F {A}.G.F.E  | (D3 D2) ||
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Questions about The Maid of the Golden Tresses

  • The Maid of the Golden Tresses 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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