jig · Key of D

The tailor's thimble

O’Neill 1907 no. 91

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The tailor's thimble"The tailor's thimbleDouble jiganon. (Ireland)120044420400054255055255042044420400042452054242224201202322052555202005250233232020505420245205424222420Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 91

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X:91
T:The tailor's thimble
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 91
R:Double jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
D|DFF FED|FAA A2 d/c/|Bdd Add|Bdd AFE|DFF FED|FAA A2c|(B/c/d)B AGF|[1 EFE E2:|[2 EFE D2||
|:e|fgf fed|faa a2f|efe edB|def g2g|fgf efe|ded cBA|(B/c/d)B AGF|[1 EFE E2:|[2 EFE D2|]
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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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