Key of G

Molly Malone

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Molly Malone"Molly Malone5353252075325023235035230405252353252075325023725035230532553250525050230305325052530305325532505250502303053253230532530255Book: O'Neill's 1468Notes:"collected by J. O'Neill"

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X:1468
T:Molly Malone
M:C|
L:1/8
N:"collected by J. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1468
K:G
d | g2 (dc) B2 (GB) | Abag fdef | gfgd ecdB | cAFD GBdf |
    g2 (dc) B2 (GB) | Abag fdef | gbfa egdB | cAdc BG G ||
c | BGDG    EGDG    | ABcA cedc | BGDG EGce | gedc BGGc |
    BGDG    EGDG    | ABcA cedc | BdgB ceag | fdcA BG G |]
FAQ

Questions about Molly Malone

  • Molly Malone 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.

  • 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.