jig · Key of A

The Piper's Picnic

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Piper's Picnic"The Piper's Picnic20402624505260402624202602Tenor Banjo04026245052654202622460Tenor Banjo0240040040005424562456255542Tenor Banjo45054254206420406202460Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 815Notes:"Collected by McFadden"
ABC notation source
X:815
T:The Piper's Picnic
N:"Collected by McFadden"
B:O'Neill's 815
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:A
E|AcA BGE|cde dBG|AcA BGE|{F}EDE GAB|
AcA BGE|cde dBG|{d}cBA BGE|EFG A2:|
(A/2B/2)|ceA ceA|cee edc|(B/2c/d)G (B/2c/2d)G|Bdd dcB|
cde dcB|{d}cBA Ggf|ecA GED|EFG A2:|
FAQ

Questions about The Piper's Picnic

  • The Piper's Picnic is in A, in 6/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Moderate. 87% 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.

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