jig · Key of D

The Butcher's Cave

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Butcher's Cave"The Butcher's Cavedouble jig0540040040542002005450554502040505020540420520005025555525550525555530545025555523520404042052000Book: O'Neill's 1067Notes:"collected by J.O'Neill"

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X:1067
T:The Butcher's Cave
R:double jig
N:"collected by J.O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1067
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
(A/G/)|FDD FDD|FAG FED|ABA AGF|GAG GFG|
ABA cAG|Ade fed|cAF EAG|EDD D2:|
(d/e/)|fdd add|fdd ded|fdd add|ged cde|
fdd add|(f/g/a)f ecA|cAF EAG|EDD D2:|
FAQ

Questions about The Butcher's Cave

  • The Butcher's Cave is in D, in 6/8 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 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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