jig · Key of C

SWEET KATHLEEN MACHREE

Also known as Chaitilin shileas mo chroidhe

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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 "SWEET KATHLEEN MACHREE"SWEET KATHLEEN MACHREEChaitilin shileas mo chroidhe5353303303353323350155510533033033533233031523103003103003015550155510301510533055253503031033350333Book: O'Neill's 558Notes:"With spirit""Collected by F.O'Neill"

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X: 558
T: SWEET KATHLEEN MACHREE
T: Chaitilin shileas mo chroidhe
B: O'Neill's 558
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
N: "With spirit"
N: "Collected by F.O'Neill"
K:C
G \
| c>dc cec | cAc cGc | cEc cde | f>dd Hd2 f |
| e>dc cec | cAc cGc | cEc ceg | fdB Hc2 f |
| ece egf | ece ege | f>dd d2e | f>dd Hd2 f |
| ege fdf | edc cAG | GEG c2d | ece Hg2 f \
| e>cc c2d | e>cc c2 |]
FAQ

Questions about SWEET KATHLEEN MACHREE

  • SWEET KATHLEEN MACHREE is in C, in 6/8 time. The C 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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