jig · Key of G

The woeful widow

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The woeful widow"The woeful widowDouble jiganon. (Ireland)502005252025250525220002502005252025254525205550525353253032005252025252535325305202520555Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 307

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X:307
T:The woeful widow
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 307
R:Double jig
m:~n3 = no/4n/m/4n
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
d|efe edB|dBA BGE|GAG BdB|BAA ABd|efe edB|dBA BGE|GFG BdB|AGG G2:|
|:A|GBd ~g3|agf ({a}g2)e|gfe edB|dBA BGE|GBd ~g3|agf ({a}g2)e|dBA BGE|DGG G2:|
FAQ

Questions about The woeful widow

  • The woeful widow is in G, in 6/8 time. The G 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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