jig · Key of G

The maid on the green

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The maid on the green"The maid on the greenDouble jiganon. (Ireland)532305200520255555200025323052005202555202555532352532352532305325553737525323052005202555Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 114

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X:114
T:The maid on the green
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 114
R:Double jig
m:Tn2 = (3n/o/n/ o/n/
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
d|gfg e2d|Bee dBA|BGG dGG|BAA ABd|gfg Te2d|Bee dBA|BGG dBA|BGG G2:|
|:d|gfg afd|gfg a2f|({a}g)fg eag|fdd d2g|bgb afa|gfg Te2d|Bee dBA|BGG G2:|
FAQ

Questions about The maid on the green

  • The maid on the green is in G, in 6/8 time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 98% 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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