jig · Key of G

New Year's Song

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "New Year's Song"New Year's Song00550255230000020525550054000235505235233530235325054050555Book: O'Neill's 212Notes:"With spirit""Collected by F.O'Neill"

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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. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • 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. 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.

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