jig · Key of D

The Tailor's Thimble

O’Neill 1903 no. 827

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Tailor's Thimble"The Tailor's Thimble004442040005425505525504212044420400042452054242224200232205255520200525023312232020505420245205424222420Book: O'Neill's 827Notes:"Collected by J.O'Neill"

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X:827
T:The Tailor's Thimble
N:"Collected by J.O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 827
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
D|DFF FED|FAA A2d/c/|Bdd Add|Bdd AFE|
DFF FED|FAA A2c|(B/c/dB) AGF|1 EFE E2:|2 EFE D2|]
e|fgf fed|faa a2f|efe edB|def g2g|
fgf efe|ded cBA|(B/c/dB) AGF|1 EFE E2:|2 EFE D2|]
FAQ

Questions about The Tailor's Thimble

  • The Tailor's Thimble is in D, in 6/8 time. The D 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.

  • 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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