jig · Key of Em

The White Petticoat

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The White Petticoat."The White Petticoat.Jig22053205424254225322022532020553205424254225320522235303530352530353202032060254225224205424253205222Book: O'Neill's Music of IrelandNotes:O'Neill's - 773

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ABC notation source
X:773
T:The White Petticoat.
B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland
N:O'Neill's - 773
M:6/8
R:Jig
K:Em
B|Bed cBA|GFE B,EG|FBB {d}cBB|eBB {d}cBA|\
Bed {d}cBA|GFE B,EG|FBB {d}cBA|GEE E2:|
||g|{a}gec Gce|gaf {a}gec|{d}cBA EAc|Be^d eBG|\
FBB GBB|FBA GFE|B,EG cBA|GEE E2:|
FAQ

Questions about The White Petticoat

  • The White Petticoat is in Em, in 6/8 time. The E minor scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 99% 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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