jig · Key of A

The Thatcher

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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 Thatcher"The Thatcherdouble jig42002450542060024505505500245054206020420542050550245042060550242050240550245042060204205420Book: O'Neill's 1036Notes:"collected by Fielding"

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X:1036
T:The Thatcher
R:double jig
N:"collected by Fielding"
B:O'Neill's 1036
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:A
(g/f/)|eAB c2 d|edc BAG|eAB c2 d|eaa eaa|
eAB c2 d|edc BAG|ABA gfe|dcB A2:|
d|eaa efg|dec BAG|eaa efg|fed efg|
eaa efg|dec BAG|ABA gfe|dcB A2:|
FAQ

Questions about The Thatcher

  • The Thatcher is in A, in 6/8 time. The A major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 96% 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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