jig · Key of G
New Year's Song
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X: 212
T: New Year's Song
B: O'Neill's 212
N: "With spirit"
N: "Collected by F.O'Neill"
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K:G
D \
| D2G G2A | B2d d2B | c2A A2A | A3- A2A \
| B2A G2B | d2G G2A | {A}G2F D2D | D3- D2 ||
|| (B/c/) \
| d2d e2d | B2c d2B | c2c d2c | A3- A2(B/c/) \
| d2c B2G | A2G F2D | C2D G2G | G3- G2 ||FAQ
Questions about New Year's Song
New Year's Song is in G, in 6/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
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.
It is a jig, written in 6/8.
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.