jig · Key of G

The pretty brown girl

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The pretty brown girl"The pretty brown girlDouble jiganon. (Ireland)02530025530525300255502530025052525320255523002550305253202520305023202520230525253202555Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 151

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X:151
T:The pretty brown girl
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 151
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
A|B2d cAA|BGG (cA)G|B2d cAA|BGG G2A|B2d cAA|Bd(e d)BG|B2d cBA|BGG G2:|
|:f|gee fdd|ece dBG|gfe fd(f|e)ce d2 (e/f/)|gfe fdf|(e/f/g)(e d)BG|B2d cBA|BGG G2:|
FAQ

Questions about The pretty brown girl

  • The pretty brown girl 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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