jig · Key of D

The Widow Brady

O’Neill 1903 no. 734

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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 Widow Brady"The Widow BradyJig50400400402504004025225040040040255025320255555252050400402055450400235753202054202450232555Book: O'Neill's 734Notes:"Collected by F. O'Neill"

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X:734
T:The Widow Brady
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 734
R:Jig
N:"Collected by F. O'Neill"
K:D
   d | AFD DFA | AFA B2 d | AFD    DFA | fdB B2 d    |
       AFD DFA | AFA B2 d | def {a}gfe | fdd d2     :|
|: d | afd fed | ecA Ace  | fed    dcd | ecA A2 f/g/ |
       aba gfe | fed cBA  | Bcd    efg | fdd d2     :|
FAQ

Questions about The Widow Brady

  • The Widow Brady is in D, in 6/8 time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • 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. 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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