Key of Gm

The Old Cloak

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Old Cloak"The Old Cloak013153100505042001315311053105540501331033305501335311113531552353105Book: O'Neill's 288Notes:"Very slow""Collected by J.O'Neill"

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X: 288
T: The Old Cloak
B: O'Neill's 288
N: "Very slow"
N: "Collected by J.O'Neill"
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
K:Gm
A \
| (.B>.c) (.B3 .d) | (c>B) (.A2 z.A) | (G>A) (.G2 z.A) | (^F=E) (.D2 z.A) |
| (B>c) (.B3 .d) | (c>B) ({B}A2 z{d}c) | (B>A) (.G3 .G) | (^F>A) G2 z :|
|| A \
| (B>=F) (.F2 z.E) | (D>F) (.F2 z.F) | (D>G) (.G3 .A) | (B>c) ({c}.d2 z.c) |
| (.B>.B) (.B3 .B) | cd ">"{g}f2 zd | d^f ">"g2 dc | (BA) G2 z :|
FAQ

Questions about The Old Cloak

  • The Old Cloak is in Gm, in 3/4 time. The G 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.

  • The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.

  • 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.