jig · Key of D

The maids of Ballinacarty

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The maids of Ballinacarty"The maids of BallinacartyDouble jiganon. (Ireland)30245054054040245424505405024540540402025400Tenor Banjo00554000554000550544050400554000554000554040555Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 332
ABC notation source
X:332
T:The maids of Ballinacarty
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 332
R:Double jig
m:Tn2 = (3n/o/n/ m/n/
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
(3A/B/c/|ded cAG|TF2D- DFD|E2 (c {d}c).B.c|ded cAG|(A/B/c)d cAG|TF2D- DFD|TE2A- ABG|(TF2D) D2:|
|:D|DGG FDD|DGG FDD|DGG AGF|cAG AFD|DGG FDD|DGG FDD|DGGcAF|AGG G2:|
FAQ

Questions about The maids of Ballinacarty

  • The maids of Ballinacarty is in D, in 6/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • 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. 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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