jig · Key of C

the Man With the Red Cloak

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "the Man With the Red Cloak"the Man With the Red Cloak555553053332345055555305555053350233353322345550505023335332234555053515010332222023515010332222023555553053332345555553055555053Book: O'Neill's 244Notes:"With spirit""Collected by J.O'Neill"

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X: 244
T: the Man With the Red Cloak
B: O'Neill's 244
N: "With spirit"
N: "Collected by J.O'Neill"
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K:C
   G2G G2G | GFA G3   | c2c cBc    | (^c3 d2)A \
|  G2G G2G | GFA G2z  | d2d ded    | c2c GAB ||
|| c2c cdc | c2B Bc^c | d2d ded    | e2z GAB \
|  c2c cdc | c2B Bc^c | d2d (de).d | c2z z2 ||
|| G \
| f3 def | e3 c2c | BBB BAB | c3 z2G \
| f3 def | e3 c2c | BBB BAB | c3 z2z ||
|| G2G G2G | GFA G3   | c2c cBc    | (^c3 d2)z \
|  G2G G2G | GFA G2G  | d2d ded    | c3 z2z ||
FAQ

Questions about the Man With the Red Cloak

  • the Man With the Red Cloak is in C, in 6/8 time. The C 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 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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