jig · Key of Ador

Three halfpence a day

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Three halfpence a day"Three halfpence a dayDouble jiganon. (Ireland)232020505252032052520002320205052520242202000232353503052032351530235053532320520242202000Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 364

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X:364
T:Three halfpence a day
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 364
R:Double jig
m:Tn2 = (3n/o/n/ m/n/
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Ador
B|cBA BA(G|A)GE (GE)D|cBA dB(G|E)AA A2B|cBA BA(G|A)GE (GE)(D|E)FE TE2(D|E)AA A2:|
|:B|cBc dc(d|e)cA (GE)D|cBc d=f(d|c)AB Tc2d|edc dcB|(cB)(A G)E(D|E)FE TE2(D|E)AA A2:|
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Questions about Three halfpence a day

  • Three halfpence a day is in Ador, in 6/8 time. The A dorian 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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