set dance · Key of G

The funny tailor

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The funny tailor"The funny tailorLong dance, set danceanon. (Ireland)205205025205550235023205025023502320532520520502520555023502320532520520502520555Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 960

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X:960
T:The funny tailor
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 960
R:Long dance, set dance
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
(B/A/)|GED GA(B|G)BA G2G|G2A Bcd|efg fed|(e2B) d2A|Bcd efg|fed g2B|
dBA GED|GA(B G)BA|G2G G2A|Bcd efg|fed g2B|dBA GED|GA(B G)BA|G2GG2|]
FAQ

Questions about The funny tailor

  • The funny tailor 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 set dance, 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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