jig · Key of G

Were I a Clerk

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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 "Were I a Clerk"Were I a Clerk235005320550253205452023500522055025320542050425522054232025005202350052205502532054205Book: O'Neill's 113Notes:"Moderate"

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X:113
T:Were I a Clerk
N:"Moderate"
B:O'Neill's 113
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
(B/c/)|d2 e {e}d2 c|BAG G2 A|(Bdc) (BAG)|FGE D2 (B/c/)|
d2 e edB|BAG G2 A|.B(dc) (BA).G|FED G2||
D|(F<E)G G2 B|(BAG) (FE).c|(B>AB) d2 e|edB A2 (B/c/)|
d2 e (e<d).B|BAG G2 A|(Bdc) (BA).G|FED G2||
FAQ

Questions about Were I a Clerk

  • Were I a Clerk 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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