jig · Key of C

The Storyteller

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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 Storyteller"The StorytellerJig35053305525525053330055535053305525525330535033353253303525515303310055501303303525532535350333Book: O'Neill's 743

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ABC notation source
X:743
T:The Storyteller
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 743
R:Jig
K:C
   (c/d/) | e>dc cAG | GEG GEG  | e>dc (c<g)e | edd  d2 (c/d/) |
            e>dc cAG | GEG GEG  | cge   d>cd  | ecc  c2       :|
|: (G/F/) | EGc  cec | GBd dfd  | ceg   g>fe  | e>dd d2 (e/f/) |
            g>ec cec | dBG G2 F | EGc   d>cd  | ecc  c2       :|
FAQ

Questions about The Storyteller

  • The Storyteller is in C, in 6/8 time. The C 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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