jig · Key of C

The night dance

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The night dance"The night danceDouble jiganon. (Ireland)30025505320530025535202535002350320555525250253500133533033500135155253503351351310533053520253053053532053053053520253500235032055552525025Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 256

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X:256
T:The night dance
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 256
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:C
c>AA B>GG|AGF EDC|c>AA B>GG|cGE DEG|c>de A>Bc|GAF E2D|C>CC C2E|GEC DEG:|
|:cde efg|gag gec|cde efg|afd dBG|cde g2g|a(f/g/a/f/) g2f|e>dc ced|cGE DEG:|
|:ced ced|cGF EDC|ced ced|cGE DEG|cde A>Bc|GAF E2D|C>CC C2E|GEC DEG:|
FAQ

Questions about The night dance

  • The night dance is in C, in 6/8 time. The C 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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