jig · Key of D

The Thrush's Nest

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Thrush's Nest"The Thrush's Nest0552550552550552550522040552550550232352532025224502040400402450204040252245020404004055023525320252245Book: O'Neill's 855Notes:"Collected by McFadden"

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X:855
T:The Thrush's Nest
N:"Collected by McFadden"
B:O'Neill's 855
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
Add fdd|edd fdd|Add fdd|edB BAF|
Add fdd|edd efg|(f/g/a).f {a}gfe|fdB Bcd:|
(A>BA/F/) DFA|DFA Bcd|(A>BA/F/) DFA|fdB Bcd|
(A>BA/F/) DFA|DFA d2(d/e/)|(f/g/a).f {a}gfe|fdB Bcd:|
FAQ

Questions about The Thrush's Nest

  • The Thrush's Nest 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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