Key of C

The Old Schoolmaster

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Old Schoolmaster"The Old Schoolmaster35503505300003505255035053030530Tenor Banjo Fine350350530000030525503505303053Tenor Banjo3501350575305530353131375130535Tenor BanjoD.C.0353135057530555305035053030530Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1441Notes:"collected by McFadden"
ABC notation source
X:1441
T:The Old Schoolmaster
M:C|
L:1/8
N:"collected by McFadden"
B:O'Neill's 1441
K:C
 G2 (GA) cded  | cA (3AAA (cG)AG | EGGA      cdea  | gece Td2 (cA)          |
~G3   A  cded  | cA (3AAA (Ac)AG | EGGA      cdea  | gece  d2  "    Fine"c2 ||
 g3   d  efgd  | ea{b}ag    eaag | eg{a}gf (~gf)gb | afge  d2  cd           |
 eg{a}gf ~g3 d | ea{b}ag    eaaa | gede      cdea  | gece Td2 (c"D.C."A)    |]
FAQ

Questions about The Old Schoolmaster

  • The Old Schoolmaster is in C, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 99% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

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

  • 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.