jig · Key of G

The wedding of Ballyporeen

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The wedding of Ballyporeen"The wedding of Ballyporeenanon. (Ireland)205053235323357530235032205053235323357530235032350300200335255055235030020522235230455Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 996

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X:996
T:The wedding of Ballyporeen
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 996
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
(B/A/)|G>AG g>fg|agf g2(g/a/)|b>ag efg|dec B2(B/A/)|G>AG g>fg|agf g2(g/a/)|b>ag e>fg|dec B2||
(c/d/)|ecA A>BA|(e3 c2)c|dBG G>AG|(d3 B2)(c/d/)|ecA A>BA|a3 Hf2 f/f/|gdB cAF|G3 G2|]
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Questions about The wedding of Ballyporeen

  • The wedding of Ballyporeen is in G, in 6/8 time. The G 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 7.

  • 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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