jig · Key of D

The Frieze Breeches

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Frieze Breeches"The Frieze BreechesDouble jiganon. (Ireland)054240200540502050540526424020054054245260200Tenor Banjo50550205405020505405260550205405424526020050555Tenor Banjo20540502024550540520202050540542452602004020542405240502450Tenor Banjo205404020542405240542452602000502352530545023252040Tenor Banjo5023525304252034505552520405054050200540526252040505405Tenor Banjo4245260200450242045405055020540502420542405424526Tenor Banjo0200502542454050550205405252530450554054245260200Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 260
ABC notation source
X:260
T:The Frieze Breeches
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 260
R:Double jig
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|A2dd2d|
fed cAG|ABA (B<c)d|ded cAG|fef efe|ded cAG|FEF GEC|DED D2||F|DED ({d}c)Bc|AdB cAG|ABc d2e|
fed cAF|DED ({d}c)Bc|AdB cAG|FEF GEC|DED D2:|A|d2e f2g|a2f ({a}g)ed|c2d efg|fdf ecA|
d2e f2g|a2f ({a}g)ec|faf egc|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}c2)B|c2d cAG|A2d d2e|fed cAG|faf ({a}g)ec|ded ({d}c)AG|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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