jig · Key of D

The Monks of the Screw

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Monks of the Screw"The Monks of the Screw5500540005450455Tenor Banjo5000054000545045Tenor Banjo3520232054522023205023Tenor Banjo5323202000545045Tenor BanjoBook: "O'Neill's 20"Notes:"Moderate" "collected by F. O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X: 20
T: The Monks of the Screw
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
B: "O'Neill's 20"
N: "Moderate" "collected by F. O'Neill"
K:D
d | d2z/2A/2 A2z/2G/2 | F D3zA | AGF GAc | d3-d2z/2d/2 |
dAA A<AG | F D3zA | AGF GAc | d3-d2 ||
d/2-e/2 | fef g>(fe/2d/2) | c G3zf | fef g>fe | d3-d(3(e/2f/2g/2) |
a>gf gfe | f A3zA | A>GF GAc | d3-d2 ||
FAQ

Questions about The Monks of the Screw

  • The Monks of the Screw is in D, in 6/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • 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. 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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