jig · Key of D

What ails you?

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "What ails you?"What ails you?Single jiganon. (Ireland)05550205402220400024555020540205240002054240003250525552054240000245054500Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 393

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X:393
T:What ails you?
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 393
R:Single jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
A|d2d def|e2d c2A|B2B BAF|A2A ABc|d2d def|e2d c2A|B2A GEF|D2D D2:|
||B|A2G FEF|A2A A2g|f2d edB|d2d d2B|A2G FEF|A2A A2A|Bcd edc|d2D D2:|
FAQ

Questions about What ails you?

  • What ails you? is in D, in 6/8 time. The D 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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