hornpipe · Key of D

The old vest and cravat

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The old vest and cravat"The old vest and cravatHornpipeanon. (Ireland)45025045024240550205405450540545025045024240550205405260000Tenor Banjo4505502055405005055020554045502502502325404502520540520000Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 896
ABC notation source
X:896
T:The old vest and cravat
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 896
R:Hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
(FG)|ABGA FGAB|cBcA d2(de)|fedc AGFG|Adce d2(FG)|ABGA FGAB|cBcA d2(de)|fedc AGEC|D2DD D2:|
|:(FG)|Adde f2(ed)|dcAG A2(AG)|Adde f2(ed)|dcec d2(de)|fdef defg|fdcA cdef|dfed cAGE|D2DDD2:|
FAQ

Questions about The old vest and cravat

  • The old vest and cravat is in D, 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 6.

  • It is a hornpipe, written in C|.

  • 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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