Key of Glyd
The Scolding Wife
O’Neill 1903 no. 1430
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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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 |]
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Questions about The Scolding Wife
The Scolding Wife is in Glyd, in C| time.
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. 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.