jig · Key of G

The silken wallet

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The silken wallet"The silken walletDouble jiganon. (Ireland)32522420400202525023202522420400202323055050552512030525505525023505525030525052202320532320205052320205245Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 140

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X:140
T:The silken wallet
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 140
R:Double jig
m:Tn3 = no/4n/m/4n
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
c|BGE EFE|AFD DED|BGE GAB|c3 B2A|BGE EFE|AFD DED|E2c BcA|G3 G2::D|G>AG (G<B)d|
(e<g)e dBG|G>AG GBd|e2f Tg3|[1 G>AG GBd|ege dBG|AGE EDE|c2B A2:|[2 agf gfe|fed edB|cBA BAG|E2F G2|]
FAQ

Questions about The silken wallet

  • The silken wallet 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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