jig · Key of D

The Frieze Breeches

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Frieze Breeches"The Frieze Breechesdouble jig054240200540502050540526Tenor Banjo424020054054245260200Tenor Banjo5055020540502050540526Tenor Banjo055020540542452602005Tenor Banjo0550205405020245505405Tenor Banjo2020205054054245260200Tenor Banjo4020542405240502450205404Tenor Banjo02054240524054245260200Tenor Banjo0502352530545023252040Tenor Banjo50235253052523045055Tenor Banjo52520405054050200540526Tenor Banjo2520405054054245260200Tenor Banjo4502420454050550205405Tenor Banjo0242054240542452602005Tenor Banjo02542454050550205405Tenor Banjo252530450554054245260200Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1051Notes:"collected by F.O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X:1051
T:The Frieze Breeches
R:double jig
N:"collected by F.O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1051
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
(A/G/)|FEF DED|A2d cAG|ABA GAG|F2A GEC|
FEF DED|A2d cAG|FEF GEC|DED D2:|
G|A2d d2e|fed cAG|ABA GAG|F2A GEC|
A2d d2e|fed cAG|FEF GEC|DED D2G|
A2d d2e|fed cAG|ABA (B<c)d|ded cAG|
fef efe|ded cAG|FEF GEC|DED D2||
F|DED {d}cBc|AdB cAG|ABc d2e|fed cAF|
DED {d}cBc|AdB cAG|FEF GEC|DED D2:|
A|d2e f2g|a2f {a}ged|c2d efg|fdf ecA|
d2e f2g|a2f {a}ged|faf gec|ded d2:|
d|fdf ece|ded cAG|ABA A2G|F2A GEC|
fdf ece|ded cAG|FEF GEC|DED D2:|
(F/G/)|A2B cBA|c2d cAG|A2d d2e|fed cAG|
A2B cBA|dcB cAG|FEF GEC|DED D2G|
A2B {d}c2B|c2d cAG|A2d d2e|fed cAG|
faf {a}gec|ded {d}cAG|FEF GEC|DED D2||
FAQ

Questions about The Frieze Breeches

  • The Frieze Breeches is in D, in 6/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 97% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.

  • It is a jig, written in 6/8.

  • 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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