jig · Key of G

The butcher's march

O’Neill 1907 no. 127

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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 butcher's march"The butcher's marchDouble jiganon. (Ireland)32000005203200000525320000020002325232052523505202520250520252525052025203252320525Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 127

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X:127
T:The butcher's march
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 127
R:Double jig
m:Mn2 = (3n/o/n/ o/4n/4-n/
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
g|fAA eAA|Md2B A2g|fAA eAA|Md2B G2g|fAA eAA|fAA efg|faf gfe|Md2B G2:|
|:(B/c/)|ded BAB|Md2B A2B|ded BAB|Md2B G2B|ded BAB|Md2B A2g|faf gfe|Md2B G2:|
FAQ

Questions about The butcher's march

  • The butcher's march 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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