Garden of Daisies, The
O’Neill 1903 no. 1798
Also known as Gort Na Noininead
Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:1798 T:Garden of Daisies, The T:Gort Na Noininead C:"collected by Tuohy" S:1798 O'Neill's Music of Ireland N::2nd Setting N:Notation for last 2 notes of the first ending of the first part don't account for the N:2 note lead-in. Endings 1 and 2 in second part seem to be reversed. B:O'Neill's 1798 M:C| L:1/8 K:D f-g|a2 a-f gbag|fefa gfef|dcde fdec|dedc AGFG| ABcA dcAG|FEFG ABcA|dcdf edce|1 d2 dd defg:|2 d2 dd d2|| A2|dcde fefg|a2 a-f defg|a2 a-f ggag|f2 f-e defg| a2 a-f gbag|fefa gfef|dcde fdec|dedc A2 f-g| a2 a-f gbag|fefa gfef|dcde fdec|dedc AGFG| ABcA dcAG|FEFG ABcA|dcdf edce|1 d2 dd d2:|2 d2 dd defg||
Questions about Garden of Daisies, The
Garden of Daisies, The is in D, in C| time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.
Easy. 98% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.
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.