jig · Key of D

The Sod of Turf

O’Neill 1903 no. 928

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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 Sod of Turf."The Sod of Turf.Jig554005240024540054055524540052400245402353045554023553255402353552454023553255402353045Book: O'Neill's 928Notes:"collected by Cronin."

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X:928
T:The Sod of Turf.
B:O'Neill's 928
N:"collected by Cronin."
M:6/8
R:Jig
L:1/8
K:D
d | dcA AGE | c2 A ABc | dcA AGF | DGG GBc |
dcA AGE | c2 A ABc | dcA fga | gec d2 :|
|| d | dcA f2g | aag f2 d | dcA fga | g2 G GBc |
dcA f2g | aag f2 d | dcA fga | gec d2 :|
FAQ

Questions about The Sod of Turf

  • The Sod of Turf is in D, in 6/8 time. The D 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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