jig · Key of G

The sporting bachelor

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The sporting bachelor"The sporting bachelorDouble jiganon. (Ireland)05253535054525320205024505253535054523200235023Tenor Banjo25302553025502532053202300232552505332023733Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 111
ABC notation source
X:111
T:The sporting bachelor
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 111
R:Double jig
m:Mn2 = (3n/o/n/ o/4n/4-n/
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
D|GBdg2 ({ag}d)|ed^c d2B|({d}c)BA BAG|AB^c d2D|GBdg2 ({ag}d)|ed^c d2B|cBA ABc|def g2:|
|:B|dcA MB2G|dcA MB2G|def ({a}g)fe|dcB A2B|c2e efg|B2d dBG|Aag {g}fef|gbg g2:|
FAQ

Questions about The sporting bachelor

  • The sporting bachelor is in G, in 6/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • 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. 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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