jig · Key of A

The market town

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The market town"The market townDouble jiganon. (Ireland)2242262240020542454204602422622460205420240004502004012245205424542044020040245205420240000405024502450542024000Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 181

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X:181
T:The market town
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 181
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:A
E|E>FE ECE|E>FA A2f|e>dc Bcd|c>BA FGA|E>FE ECE|E>FG A2f|edc BAB|cAA A2::(c/d/)|e>fe ece|
f2g a2f|e>dc Bcd|c>BA F2F|[1 e>fe ece|f2g a2f|edc BAB|cAA A2:|[2 Ace def|cde fga|edc BAB|cAA A2|]
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Questions about The market town

  • The market town is in A, in 6/8 time. The A major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 96% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.

  • 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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