Key of G

I Could But I Wont

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "I Could But I Wont"I Could But I Wont0540555053250520540555053250552303035232052025240525505325055Book: "O'Neill's 9"Notes:"Slow" "collected by J. O'Neill

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X: 9
T: I Could But I Wont
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
B: "O'Neill's 9"
N: "Slow" "collected by J. O'Neill
K:G
D/ | G-<E F>D | G-<B3 d>d |  ed/2c/2  BG | A>G E/2z/2D/2 |
     G-<E FD  | G-<B  dd  | (ed/2c/2) BG | A>G G        ||
B | c>-d ec | A>-B cd | B>-G      cB | (AG/2E/2) D>>E |
    G>E  FD | G>B  dd | (ed/2c/2) BG |  A>G      G>  ||
FAQ

Questions about I Could But I Wont

  • I Could But I Wont is in G, in 2/4 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.

  • 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.