jig · Key of D
The One Legged Man
O’Neill 1903 no. 938
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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ABC notation source
X:938 T:The One Legged Man. B:O'Neill's 938 M:6/8 R:Jig L:1/8 K:D d/B/ |: AFA DFA | DFA DFA | AFA DFA | DFA Bcd | AFA DFA | DFA DFA | def gea | fdB Bcd :| || def a2 f | b2 g a2 f | def a2 f | afd edB | def a2 f | b2 g a2 f | def gea | fdB Bcd :|
FAQ
Questions about The One Legged Man
The One Legged Man is in D, in 6/8 time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.
Easy. 98% 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.