jig · Key of D
THE NEW LESSON
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X: 488 T: THE NEW LESSON B: O'Neill's 488 N: "Airily" N: Collected by "F.O'Neill" M: 6/8 L: 1/8 K:D (f/e/) \ | (~dc).A ABA | (~=cA).F GFG | (~AF).D ECE | D3 D2(f/e/) | | d(cA/B/) =c2d | (~=cA).F G2B | (~AG).F (~ED).E | D3 D2 || || (F/G/) \ | Add/e/ fef | (~gf)e/d/ cAG | (Ad).f (e/d/c).e | d2e Hf2 (f/e/) | | (~dc).A ABA | (~=cA).F GFG | (~AG).F (~ED).E | D3 D2 |]
FAQ
Questions about THE NEW LESSON
THE NEW LESSON is in D, in 6/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Easy. 99% 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. 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.