jig · Key of C

The Old Leather Breeches

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Old Leather Breeches"The Old Leather Breeches235205205323350200232053235205205323350200532053205052053503202350232053205052053503202350532053Book: O'Neill's 167Notes:"Spirited" "collected by F. O'Neill"

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X:167
T:The Old Leather Breeches
N:"Spirited" "collected by F. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 167
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:C
(B/c/)|">"d>BA ">"d>BA|(GFE) (F2 (F/G/))|A>BA .A.B.c|B>AG c2 (B/c/)|
">"d>BA ">"d>BA|(GFE) (F2 F/G/)|A>BA AHdc|BAG c2||
(B/A/)|G>AG (EDHC)|F>GA (FEHD)|.E.F.G .A.B.c|.B.A.G c2 (B/A/)|
G>AG EDHC|F>GA FEHD|.E.F.G .AHdc|BAG c2||
FAQ

Questions about The Old Leather Breeches

  • The Old Leather Breeches 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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