Key of Glyd

The Scolding Wife

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Scolding Wife"The Scolding Wife002424054502504002424505405262Tenor Banjo00242405450250455325402530055Tenor Banjo254523523235735325452353253055Tenor Banjo2545235232357353735323532530055Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1430Notes:"collected by F. O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X:1430
T:The Scolding Wife
M:C|
L:1/8
N:"collected by F. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1430
K:Glyd
D2 (DE) FEFD | GFGA BGAF | D2 (DE) FEFG | AdcA  GECE  |
D2 (DE) FEFD | GFGA BGAc | d2 (dg) fdce | fd=cA AG G2 ||
fdcd    fgaf | gfga bgag | fdcd    fgag | fd=cA G2 G2 |
fdcd    fgaf | gfga bgag | bgag    fgag | fd=cA AG G2 |]
FAQ

Questions about The Scolding Wife

  • The Scolding Wife is in Glyd, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 97% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.

  • 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.