hornpipe · Key of D
The old vest and cravat
O’Neill 1907 no. 896
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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:|
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Questions about The old vest and cravat
The old vest and cravat is in D, in C| time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.
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. 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.