jig · Key of D
Wallop the potlid
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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ABC notation source
X:258
T:Wallop the potlid
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 258
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
F2D DED|E2D DED|F2D DED|DFA BGE|F2D DED|E2D DED|E2C CEC|CEF GFE:|
|:DFA dcd|edc d2B|ABc d2e|fed edc|d2e fda|gec d2(3A/B/c/|(d/e/f)d cAG|(F/G/A)F GFE:|f2d dfd|e2d dfd|
f2d dfd|dfa bge|f2d dfd|(d/e/f)d (d/e/f)d|e2c cec|cef gfe::(d/e/f)d dfd|(c/d/e)c cec|(d/e/f)d dfd|dfa bge|
(d/e/f)d dfd|(c/d/e)c cef|ged cd(e/f/|g)ea gec:|ABc (d2c/d/)|edc d2c|ABc deg|fed edc|d2e fda|gec d2(3A/B/c/|
dad cAG|(F/G/A)F GFE::DFA (d2c/d/)|edc d2c|ABc deg|fed efg|(f/e/d).f (e/d/c).A|(d/c/A).B {d}cAG|(c/d/e).d cAG|(F/G/A)F GFE:|FAQ
Questions about Wallop the potlid
Wallop the potlid is in D, in 6/8 time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.
Easy. 98% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.
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.