jig · Key of A

The Jolly Old Man

O’Neill 1903 no. 895

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Jolly Old Man"The Jolly Old Man00604505424064624540526060450542450400260005457554005260255540526154575540052000260020604505424504002600Book: O'Neill's 895Notes:"Collected by F.O'Neill"

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X:895
T:The Jolly Old Man
N:"Collected by F.O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 895
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:A
A|AGA c2d|edc BcA|GFG B2c|dge dBG|
AGA c2d|edc Bcd|ecA ABG|A3 A2:|
e|aga b2a|age edB|GAB d2d|dge dBG|
|1 aga b2a|age edB|A2A ABG|A3 A2:|
|2 AGA c2d|edc Bcd|ecA ABG|A3 A2|]
FAQ

Questions about The Jolly Old Man

  • The Jolly Old Man is in A, in 6/8 time. The A major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Moderate. 87% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • 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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