slip jig · Key of D

Merry Tailor, The

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A slip jig runs 113 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 "The Merry Tailor"The Merry Tailorslip jig5045225040002045224542000540024505420242204222540024505420242204000Book: O'Neill's 1127Notes:"Collected by F. Cronin"

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X:1127
T:Merry Tailor, The
R:slip jig
N:"Collected by F. Cronin"
B:O'Neill's 1127
M:9/8
L:1/8
K:D
|:G-| FDF G2E E2G-| FDF A2D D2E-| FDF G2E E2c | dcB A2D D2 :||
M:6/8
G | F2A ABc | ded cBA | BcB BAF | B2E E2G |
F2A ABc | ded cBA | BcB BAF | A2D D2 :||
FAQ

Questions about Merry Tailor, The

  • Merry Tailor, The is in D, in 9/8 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 slip jig, written in 9/8.

  • 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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