jig · Key of G

The Thief of Lough Erne

O’Neill 1903 no. 963

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Thief of Lough Erne"The Thief of Lough Erne505200500532052225252220520050053202555025550255555255555044344040301255555255555253202555225504452253253202555Book: O'Neill's 963Notes:"Collected by F.O'Neill"

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X:963
T:The Thief of Lough Erne
N:"Collected by F.O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 963
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
(G/A/)|GED DCD|Adc B2A|GEE EGE|GEE E2A|
GED DCD|Adc B2A|BGG G2A|BGG G2:|
A|BGG dGG|BGG dGG|AFF cFF|AFA c2A|
[1 BGG dGG|BGG dGG|Bdc B2A|BGG G2:|
[2 BGG AFF|GEE d2c|(B<d)c B2A|BGG G2|]
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Questions about The Thief of Lough Erne

  • The Thief of Lough Erne is in G, in 6/8 time. The G 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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