jig · Key of Em

The man in the moon

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A jig runs 108 to 124 at a session. One click is a dotted quarter note, not the eighth notes you are playing. Full metronome

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The man in the moon"The man in the moonDouble jiganon. (Ireland)5325224020252040040040525252240202502052054542223235020052502305055325023730230052502532305205454222Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 311

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X:311
T:The man in the moon
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 311
R:Double jig
m:Tn2 = (3n/o/n/ m/n/
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Em
(d/c/)|BGE EFA|BAB (Td2B)|AFD DFA|DFA dfd|BGE EFA|BAB def|edB AdF|({G}F)EE E2:|
|:(3B/c/d/|efe edB|def (Tg2e)|ded dcB|def gbg|(e/f/g).e edB|def ({a}g)fg|edB AdF|({G}F)EE E2:|
FAQ

Questions about The man in the moon

  • The man in the moon is in Em, in 6/8 time. The E minor scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 99% 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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