jig · Key of G

The Protestant Boys

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A jig runs 108 to 124 at a session. One click is a dotted quarter note, not the eighth notes you are playing. Full metronome

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Protestant Boys"The Protestant Boys05052320403052553205450505232040305253205455303050232053203053235532023525320545Book: "O'Neill's 19"Notes:"With spirit" "collected by J. O'Neill"

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X: 19
T: The Protestant Boys
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
B: "O'Neill's 19"
N: "With spirit" "collected by J. O'Neill"
K:G
D | GAG BcB | AFA c2 e | dBG GcB | AGF G2 D |
GAG BcB | AFA c2 e | dBG c2 B | AGF G2 ||
d | g2-d e2-d | g2-d e2-d | def gfe | dcB A2 g |
edc Bcd | dcB ABc | dBG c2 B | AGF G2 ||
FAQ

Questions about The Protestant Boys

  • The Protestant Boys 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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