jig · Key of G

The powers of punch

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The powers of punch"The powers of punchDouble jiganon. (Ireland)20245250245205052350323502305253202520320502555252535230545052535250232023052532025203205025552052350530525302352524505320525023052523205025553205040505420054504200057375253205252320502555Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 352

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X:352
T:The powers of punch
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 352
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
E|DEF GB(G|A)EF G2E|DGA GB(c|d)ec (Bc)d|(e/f/g)(e d)Bd|cBA BGE|DcB AG(A|B)GG G2:|
||B|dBd gd(B|c)AG (FG)A|dBd gdB|d(ef) g2f|(e/f/g)(e d)BG|cBA BGE|DcB AG(A|B)GG G2:|
||E|DGB cd(e|d)g(e d)BG|c(e/f/g) dBG|EFG A2d|gfe afd|(e/f/g)(e d)BG|EcB AG(A|B)GG G2:|
||c|BAG AF(D|G)DC (B,A,)G,|G,GF GDB,|A,AA (A2a)|bgb af(a|g)fe (dB)G|EcB AG(A|B)GG G2:|
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Questions about The powers of punch

  • The powers of punch is in G, in 6/8 time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 99% 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.

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