jig · Key of G

Count Not the Hours

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Count Not the Hours"Count Not the Hours50223552020502352020Tenor Banjo5022355023205325305Tenor Banjo357353052235735305335Tenor Banjo7535325023205325305Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 258Notes:"Cheerful""Collected by F.O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X: 258
T: Count Not the Hours
B: O'Neill's 258
N: "Cheerful"
N: "Collected by F.O'Neill"
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K:G
  G>AB (Bg>)d | (d2B) (A2B/A/) | G>AB gdB | A3 z2(B/A/) |
| G>AB (Bg>)d | .d.e.f (Hg2f/e/) | .d.g.B .d.c.A | G3 z2 ||
|| (g/a/) \
| (b2g) (ag).e | d2B B2g/a/ | (b2g) (ag).e | d3 g2(g/a/) |
| .b.a.g .a.g.f | .d.e.f (Hg2f/e/) | .d.g.B .d.c.A | G3 z2 ||
FAQ

Questions about Count Not the Hours

  • Count Not the Hours is in G, in 6/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 96% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • It is a jig, written in 6/8.

  • 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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