jig · Key of D

The miners of Wicklow

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The miners of Wicklow"The miners of WicklowDouble jiganon. (Ireland)12024502454205452524240402002450245420402450545054202450232555123255252040023255502532302323523575254202450232555245054505420Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 210

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X:210
T:The miners of Wicklow
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 210
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
(D>EF/G/) ABc|dcB AGF|GBG EFE|FAF DED|(D>EF/G/) ABc|dcB AFA|[1 Bcd edc|dAG FED:|[2 Bcd efg fdd d2||
|:g|fdd fdf|ecA efg|fdd d.ef|{a}gfg efg|(f/g/a)f gab|afd cBA|[1 Bcd efg|fddd2:|[2 Bcd edc|dAG FED|]
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Questions about The miners of Wicklow

  • The miners of Wicklow is in D, in 6/8 time. The D major 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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