jig · Key of G

Tossing on the Waves

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Tossing on the Waves"Tossing on the Waves2253230255255254054055023502053323552057532060370320532303823505320250232355205Book: O'Neill's 228Notes:"Playful""Collected by J.O'Neill"

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X: 228
T: Tossing on the Waves
B: O'Neill's 228
N: "Playful"
N: "Collected by J.O'Neill"
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K:G
  B2B (dcB) | (c2A) (B2G) | (GBd) (GBd) | (FAd) (FAd) \
| (GAB) (cde) | (f2e) d2c | (c2B) (c2d) | (GBA) G3 ||
|| (ba).g (fe).^d | (egb) e3 | gfe dcB | ceg c'3 \
| (Bcd edc) | (BAB) (GAB) | (c2B) (c2d) | (GBA) G3 ||
FAQ

Questions about Tossing on the Waves

  • Tossing on the Waves is in G, in 6/8 time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Moderate. 95% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 8.

  • 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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