What key is Garden of Daisies, The in?

Garden of Daisies, The is in D, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

Is Garden of Daisies, The hard to play on tenor banjo?

Easy. 98% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

What type of tune is Garden of Daisies, The?

The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.

Can I play this on mandolin or bouzouki?

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.

Key of D

Garden of Daisies, The

Also known as Gort Na Noininead

Transpose

Irish tenor banjo tab

ABC notation source

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||

FAQ

Questions about Garden of Daisies, The

Garden of Daisies, The is in D, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
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. 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.