jig · Key of G

The Old Horned Sheep

O’Neill 1903 no. 1026

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Old Horned Sheep"The Old Horned SheepS350235545255055355452054203554525505525545025552555252555525552530003S255525255502320532025420Book: O'Neill's 1026Notes:"Collected by F.O'Neill"

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X:1026
T:The Old Horned Sheep
N:"Collected by F.O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1026
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
(3d/e/f/||"S"g2G GFG|EGG DGG|g2G GFG|EAG FED|
g2G GFG|EGG DGG|EGG FGA|BGG HG2:|
z|Bdd dBG|Bdd d2G|Bdd dBG|cAA A2c|
Bdd dBG|Bdd def|gfe dcB|ABG FE"S"D:|
FAQ

Questions about The Old Horned Sheep

  • The Old Horned Sheep 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 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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