Key of Em
Col McBain
O’Neill 1903 no. 1403
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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ABC notation source
X:1403
T:Col McBain
M:C|
L:1/8
N:"collected by F. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1403
K:Em
(EF) | GBEF GEBE | FADE FDAD | GBEF GEBE | FADF E2 (EF) |
GBEF GEBE | FADE FDAD | G2 (GF) GBdB | AFDF E2 ||
(EF) | G2 (GF) GBdB | ABAG FAAF | Eee^d e2 (ef) | gefd Beef |
gfge dedB | ABAG FGAF | Beed BcdB | AFDF E2 |]FAQ
Questions about Col McBain
Col McBain is in Em, in C| 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.
The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.
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.