jig · Key of D

The merry maiden

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The merry maiden"The merry maidenDouble jiganon. (Ireland)5200020402505200020404222000204025052052042400020405025204020250252320040502520402520424000Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 267

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X:267
T:The merry maiden
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 267
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
(d/B/)|ADD BAF|ABd edB|ADD BAF|AFE E2B|ADD BAF|ABd edB|AdB AFE|FDD D2:|
||B|AFA d2e|fdf ecA|BAB d2e|faf gfe|AFA d2e|fdf ecA|BdB AFE|FDD D2:|
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Questions about The merry maiden

  • The merry maiden 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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