jig · Key of Gm

The Sorrowful Maiden

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Sorrowful Maiden"The Sorrowful Maiden5305505013050350550365550313301553511053055050350165353110505300555Book: O'Neill's 461Notes:"Moderate" "collected by J.O'Neill"Irish title: an aindear .brona.c

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X:461
T:The Sorrowful Maiden
N:"Moderate" "collected by J.O'Neill"
N:Irish title: an aindear .brona.c
B:O'Neill's 461
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Gm
G/F/ | DGG/A/ G2 A/B/ | cAG/A/ F2 G | AGG Ace | d3 d2 d/=e/ |
fgg/=e/ fdd/c/ | dBB A2 (3d/c/A/ | GGA/G/ Acd/=e/ | f_ed g2 d/c/ |
B3/2B/A/G/ Adc/A/ | AGG G2 ||
FAQ

Questions about The Sorrowful Maiden

  • The Sorrowful Maiden is in Gm, in 6/8 time. The G minor scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 97% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.

  • 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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