jig · Key of G

The Active Old Man

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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 "The Active Old Man"The Active Old Man5055255050405555555320405055255050405332053204055503252040555032320405550325204053320532040533532520405335323203053353252040533205320405023520235302335102303303151030525532320532040Book: O'Neill's 882Notes:"Collected by J.O'Neill"

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X:882
T:The Active Old Man
N:"Collected by J.O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 882
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
GAG G>BG|GAG AFA|G>GG G>GG|GcB AFA|
GAG GBG|GAG AFA|G2g gfe|dcB AFA|
G2d dAc|BGB AFA|G2d dAc|BcB AFA|
G2d dAc|BGB AFA|G2g gfe|dcB AFA|
G2g gdc|BGB AFA|G2g gdc|BcB ecA|
G2g gdc|BGB AFA|G2g gfe|dcB AFA|
def gdf|efg G2g|efg gd=f|efg A2g|
geg =fdf|ece dBd|dcB gfe|dcB AFA|]
FAQ

Questions about The Active Old Man

  • The Active Old Man is in G, in 6/8 time. The G 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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