jig · Key of G

The night cap

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The night cap"The night capDouble jiganon. (Ireland)= 1285023553235525300053000302555325552552505325052555552525323000003000532555552525255250532505Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 23

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X:23
T:The night cap
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 23
R:Double jig
m:Mn2 = (3n/o/n/ o/4n/4-n/
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=128
K:G
G/A/|:Bcd d2c|Bcd dBG|cee e2d|cee ecA|Bdd d2c|Bdd dBG|\
GBd e2d|gBG MA2G:|
BGG dGG|BGB dcB|cAA eAA|cAe edc|BGG dGG|BGB dBG|GBd e2d|gBG MA2G:|
FAQ

Questions about The night cap

  • The night cap is in G, in 6/8 time. The G 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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