jig · Key of D
The Frieze Breeches
O’Neill 1907 no. 260
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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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. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.
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. 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.