Key of G

Lord McDonald

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Lord McDonald"Lord McDonald2505232523250025052320320255225505232523250032550523203202552537353735373530353735373505325520525052505250525205454202450255Book: O'Neill's 1408

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ABC notation source
X:1408
T:Lord McDonald
M:C|
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 1408
K:G
B | d3 e dBgB | dBgB aAAB | d3 e dBgB | AcBA BGGB |
    Bdde dBgB | dBgB aAAc | Bdde dBgB | AcBA BG G ||
B | dgbg agbg | dgbg ageg | dgbg agbg | dedc BGGE |
    DGBG AGEG | DGBG AGEG | BAGF GFED | EFGA BG G |]
FAQ

Questions about Lord McDonald

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

  • Easy. 96% 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.