jig · Key of A

The Old Man's Delight

O’Neill 1903 no. 819

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Old Man's Delight"The Old Man's Delight52040042622520400402754420400242622246026200040404025205204002426220540404025205204024600Book: O'Neill's 819Notes:"Collected by J.Kennedy"

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X:819
T:The Old Man's Delight
N:"Collected by J.Kennedy"
B:O'Neill's 819
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:A
(a/f/)|ecA A2c|BGE E2(a/f/)|ecA Ace|fba g2(g/f/)|
ecA ABc|BGE E2E|FGA BGE|A3 A2:|
e|cAc ece|fdf e2(a/f/)|ecA ABc|BGE E2(e/d/)|
cAc ece|fdf e2(a/f/)|ecA EFG|A3 A2:|
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Questions about The Old Man's Delight

  • The Old Man's Delight is in A, in 6/8 time. The A major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Moderate. 92% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • 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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