reel · Key of G
London lasses
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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ABC notation source
X:546
T:London lasses
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 546
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
G2(BG) dGBG|eaag efg2|G2(BG) dGBG|egdB AGEF|G2(BG) dGBG|eaag efga|bgag egfa|gedB AGEF||
gfgd e2(dB)|dGBG Bdd2|gabg e2d2|egdB AGEF|gfgd e2dB|dB ({c}(3(B)AB) dega|bgag egfa|gedB AGEF|]FAQ
Questions about London lasses
London lasses is in G, in C| time. The G 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.
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.