jig · Key of Dm

While Gazing on the Moonlight

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "While Gazing on the Moonlight"While Gazing on the Moonlight3333532200235320053200450055320450450451053202352352365310555450323051053105333322245005320Book: O'Neill's 283Notes:"Animated"

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X: 283
T: While Gazing on the Moonlight
B: O'Neill's 283
N: "Animated"
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K:Dm
F \
| F2F F2G | F3 E2E | D2D E2F | G2F E2A \
| A2G F2E | D3 D2^c | d2A A2G | {G}F2E D2^c |
| d3 A2^c | d3 A2^c | d2f e2d | =c2=B A2B \
| c3 G2=B | c3 G2=B | c2_e d2c | B2A G2G |
| d2^c d2A | c2=B c2A | d2f e2d | c2B A2G \
| F2F F2F | E2E E2^c | d2A A2G | F2E D2 ||
FAQ

Questions about While Gazing on the Moonlight

  • While Gazing on the Moonlight is in Dm, in 6/8 time. The D minor scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 99% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.

  • 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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