jig · Key of D
The widow Brady
O’Neill 1907 no. 31
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:31
T:The widow Brady
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 31
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=128
K:D
d|AFD DFA|AFA B2d|AFD DFA|fdB B2d|AFD DFA|AFA B2d|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.