jig · Key of C
The short grass
O’Neill 1907 no. 197
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:197 T:The short grass C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 197 R:Double jig M:6/8 L:1/8 K:C (e/d/)|cGE cGE|EDE CEG|cGE cGE|Add ded|cGE cGE|EDE CEG| cee e2d|cAA A2::z|gag ged|ecc cde|aba age|edd d2e| [1 gag ged|ecc cde|fed fed|ecA A2:|[2 gfe agf|gfe dcB|cee e2d|cAA A2|]
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Questions about The short grass
The short grass is in C, in 6/8 time. The C 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.