jig · Key of Am

The mariner's frock

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The mariner's frock"The mariner's frockSingle jiganon. (Ireland)0052505220200350550233205323505320532005545500235305255253300532350532053200Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 400

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X:400
T:The mariner's frock
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 400
R:Single jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Am
A|AGE G2A|G2E E2D|EAA c2d|e2d de^f|g3 g^fe|dcB c2d|edc BAG|({c}B2)A A2:|
||z|a2a- a^ga|a2e e2^f|g2a g2e|dBG GBd|g2g e2e|dcB c2d|edc BAG|({c}B2)A A2:|
FAQ

Questions about The mariner's frock

  • The mariner's frock is in Am, in 6/8 time. The A minor 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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