jig · Key of Glyd

The stolen purse

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A jig runs 108 to 124 at a session. One click is a dotted quarter note, not the eighth notes you are playing. Full metronome

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The stolen purse"The stolen purseDouble jiganon. (Ireland)5420420320540502050245400254204203205404550405552420203205405020502454002542020320540455040555253253203205405020502454002353253203205204055040555Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 344

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X:344
T:The stolen purse
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 344
R:Double jig
m:Tn3 = no/4n/m/4n
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Glyd
G|FED (c/B/Ag)|fed cAG|(A/B/A)(G A)Bc|dcA ABG|FED (c/B/Ag)|fed cAF|TG3 GA(F|D)GG G2:|
||B|cBA fAg|fed cAG|(A/B/A)(G A)Bc|dcA ABG|FED fAg|fed cAF|TG3 GA(F|D)GG G2:|
||f|(a/g/f)a (g/f/e)g|fed cAG|(A/B/A)(G A)Bc|dcA Afg|(a/g/f)a (g/f/e)g|(f/e/d)(f e)cA|TG3 GA(F|D)GG G2:|
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Questions about The stolen purse

  • The stolen purse is in Glyd, in 6/8 time.

  • 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.

  • 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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