jig · Key of A

The Southern Breeze

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Southern Breeze"The Southern Breeze54204042225420424000542040422460242042400005554200054204042220555420420542052000Book: O'Neill's 510Notes:"Briskly" "collected by J. O'Neill"

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X:510
T:The Southern Breeze
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 510
N:"Briskly" "collected by J. O'Neill"
K:A
d \
| cBA (cec) | B2 B B2 d | cBA (FEF) | A2 A A2 d |
cBA (cec) | BEF GAB | cBA (FEF) | A2 A A2 ||
e \
| a2 a (agf) | e2 e e2 d | cBA (cec) | B2 B B2 e |
a2 a agf | (ecf)  (e2 .d) | cBA d2 B |  A2 A A2 ||
FAQ

Questions about The Southern Breeze

  • The Southern Breeze is in A, in 6/8 time. The A 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 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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