reel · Key of G

Grey Plover, The

Also known as an pilbin lia.t

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Grey Plover"The Grey Ploveran pilbin lia.t.reel525202320232052525400040005525250225323025025520522003353333530520522533335305254005333530522532302502552052200Book: "O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland, 1544"Notes:"collected from Carey"

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X:1544
T:Grey Plover, The
R:reel
N:"collected from Carey"
B:"O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland, 1544"
T: an pilbin lia.t.
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
G3 B d2 (BA)|BcBA BcBA|G3 B d2(BG)|FADA FADA|
G2 GB d2 Bd|eBBd g2 (fg)|efde Bddf|e2dB (BA) A2||
d>g ((3.g.g.g) a2 (ge)|d2 BA GB B2|d>g ((3.g.g.g) a2 (ge)|d2 BG FA A2|
dggg a2 (ge)|dBBd g2 (fg)|efde Bddf|e2 dB (BA) A2||
FAQ

Questions about Grey Plover, The

  • Grey Plover, The is in G, in C| time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • 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.

  • It is a reel, written in C|.

  • 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.

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