jig · Key of G

The Merry Old Woman. 2nd Setting

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Merry Old Woman. 2nd Setting."The Merry Old Woman. 2nd Setting.JigF. O'Neill5020540555020232353325325204005545025230405550202323533253533323532305122023235332532530405557375253253042353040555Book: O'Neill's Music of IrelandNotes:O'Neill's - 800

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X:800
T:The Merry Old Woman. 2nd Setting.
C:F. O'Neill
B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland
N:O'Neill's - 800
R:Jig
M:6/8
K:G
G/A/|B3 AGF|DGG G2 A|BAB cBc|dgg fdc|BGB AFA|DGG FGA|
BdB cAF|AGG G2:|A|BAB cBc|dgg fdc|dgg gfg|agf g2 [aA]|
[1 BAB cBc|dgg fdc|B2 d cAF|AGG G2:|[2 bgb afa|gfd cAF|Bcd cAF|\
AGG G2|]
FAQ

Questions about The Merry Old Woman. 2nd Setting

  • The Merry Old Woman. 2nd Setting 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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