jig · Key of G

The woodcock

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The woodcock"The woodcockDouble jiganon. (Ireland)12055255555255055205400252055255555255055023250520255530235325023025205532054000235325023025205502325550235320530230252055320540002353205302302520550232555Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 193

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X:193
T:The woodcock
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 193
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
DGG BGG|dGG BGG|DGG BAG|FAA BGE|DGG BGG|dGG BGG|DGG ABc|[1 BGA GED:|[2 BGG G2||
(3A/B/c/|d2g B2d|(A/B/c).A BGE|DGG {c}BAG|FAA ABc|d2g B2d|(A/B/c).A BGE|DGG ABc|BGG GA(B/c/)|
dgf edc|(A/B/c).A BGE|DGG {c}BAG|FAA ABc|dgf edc|(A/B/c).A BGE|DGG ABc|BGG G2|]
FAQ

Questions about The woodcock

  • The woodcock 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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