jig · Key of Am

Breeches Mary

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Breeches Mary"Breeches MaryDouble jiganon. (Ireland)100025552553203353325253200025552553202305323000005554503330505554520253205554503330502305323000Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 205

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X:205
T:Breeches Mary
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 205
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Am
f|eAA BGG|GBd dcB|egg dgg|BGB dcB|eAA BGG|GBd dcB|(e/^f/g)e dcB|cAA A2:|
|:e|eaa a^ga|e=gg ged|eaa a^ga|BAB dcB|eaa a^ga|e=gg ged|(e/^f/g)e dcB|cAA A2:|
FAQ

Questions about Breeches Mary

  • Breeches Mary is in Am, in 6/8 time. The A minor 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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