Key of G
Father Quinn
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X: 375
T:Father Quinn
M:C
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 375
N:"Slow with expression."
N:"collected by J. O'Neill."
N:All ornaments (~) are trills, ">" is an accent.
N:Grace notes are slurred to following note (which is then
N:sometimes slurred to the note after that.)
K:G
G|c2 (~ed) {c}B2 (AG)|(cB) (~AG) {F}E2 (G>A)|(Bd3) (D3E)|(GA/2B/2) {B}(~A>G) G2z:|
G|(B3d) (e2 =f2)|(e3d) (cB) (~AG)|">"B2 ">"d2 ">"e2 ">"f2|">"g3B {B}A2 zf|
">"g2 e{fe}d B2 A{BA}G|(cB) A{BA}G {F}E2 (G>A)|(Bd3) (D3E)|(GA/2B/2) {B}(A>G) G2z||FAQ
Questions about Father Quinn
Father Quinn is in G, in C time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
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.
The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.
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.