jig · Key of G

The old horned sheep

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The old horned sheep"The old horned sheepDouble jiganon. (Ireland)35023554525505535545205420355452550552554502555Tenor Banjo2555252555525552530003255525255502320532025420Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 238
ABC notation source
X:238
T:The old horned sheep
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 238
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
(3d/e/f/W|g2G GFG|EGG DGG|g2G GFG|EAG FED|g2G GFG|EGG DGG|EGG FGA|BGG G2H:|
|:z|Bdd dBG|Bdd d2G|Bdd dBG|cAA A2c|Bdd dBG|Bdd def|gfe dcB|ABG FEDW:|
FAQ

Questions about The old horned sheep

  • The old horned sheep is in G, in 6/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • 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. 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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