Key of G

My Pretty Mary

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "My Pretty Mary"My Pretty Mary05230532320525320305320503522052537525350325350253055323575320525352202537535230535753202320523230535025305Book: O'Neill's 122Notes:"Moderate" "collected by J. O'Neill"

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X:122
T:My Pretty Mary
N:"Moderate" "collected by J. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 122
M:C
L:1/8
K:G
D|G2 B>c (edcB)|(gfed) B2 {d}(cB)|A2 c>e (agfe)|">"(de)">"(cd) B2 (B>A)|
G2 B>d (gbaf)|{a}(gdec) B3 d|g2 d>e B2 {d}c>A|G4- G2 z||
d|g>(f g/a/b/a/) gfed|(Bd)(gd) B3 B|A2 Bd g2 ba|">"(ga)">"(fg) e3 d|
g>(a b/a/g/f/) e>(f g/f/e/d/)|(Bg)(Bc) A3 d|g2 d>e B2 {d}cA|G6 z||
FAQ

Questions about My Pretty Mary

  • My Pretty Mary 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.