jig · Key of G

Threshing the Barley

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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 "Threshing the Barley"Threshing the Barley5320252532302323532053053202525323023235304545532355025320525235502530553533523533045253045455Book: O'Neill's 976

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X:976
T:Threshing the Barley
B:O'Neill's 976
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
d/c/|BAB GBd|cBc ABc|Bcd cBA|Gge d2c|
BAB GBd|cBc ABc|Bcd cAF|GFG G2:|
c|Bcd def|{a}gfe dBG|Bcd def|age d2d|
gag gdB|cdc cAF|GBd cAF|GFG G2:|
FAQ

Questions about Threshing the Barley

  • Threshing the Barley 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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