Key of G

The Sixpence

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Sixpence"The Sixpence2502052025525025203205D.C.5025323532305325023205Book: O'Neill's 385Notes:"Moderate."H is a fermata over the double bar.

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X: 385
T:The Sixpence
M:C
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 385
N:"Moderate."
N:H is a fermata over the double bar.
K:G
(Bd)|(ef)ed B2(AB)|d2d2 E2(GA)|B2dB (Ac)BA|G4-G2Hx||
(GA)|B3d g2(fg)|(ag)fg e2dc|Bdef g3f|e4 "D.C."d2||
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Questions about The Sixpence

  • The Sixpence is in G, in C time. The G 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.

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

  • 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.