jig · Key of D
The straw seat
O’Neill 1907 no. 97
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:97
T:The straw seat
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 97
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
(3A/B/c/|d2d ded|{d2}cBA ABc|d2d de_f|ecA A2 B/A/|d2d ded|{d}cBA ABc|dB/c/d =cBA|GEE E2:|
|:(A/G/)|FDF ABA|FDF ABA|ECE GAG|ECE GAG|FDF ABA|FDF ABc|d(B/c/d) =cBA|GED D2:|FAQ
Questions about The straw seat
The straw seat is in D, in 6/8 time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.
Easy. 98% 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.