jig · Key of Em

Old Grey Goose, The

Also known as An Sean Gead Liat

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A jig runs 108 to 124 at a session. One click is a dotted quarter note, not the eighth notes you are playing. Full metronome

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Irish tenor banjo tab

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ABC notation source
X:1000
T:Old Grey Goose, The
T:An Sean Gead Liat
R:double jig
C:"collected by J.O'Neill"
S:1000 O'Neill's Music of Ireland
N:a tilde has been used to denote a shake
B:O'Neill's 1000
M:6/8
K:Em
E/-F/ | GBG FAF | GEE E2 F | DFA dAG | FDD DEF |
  | ~GFG AGA | BAB gfg | edB {c}-BAF | GEE E2 :|
F | G2 G dBG | GAB/-c/ dBG | A2 A ecA | ABc/-d/ ecA |
  | GAG dBG | ege {a}-gfg | edB ~BAF | GEE E2 :|
d | efe edB | def g2 e | fdd add | fag fed |
  | gfg fef | def {a}-gfg | edB ~BAF | GEE E2 :|
c | BGG AFF | GEE E2 c | BGG dAG | FDD D2 c |
  | BGG AGF | GEE {a}-gfg | edB ~BAF | GEE E2 :|
f | gbg faf | gee e2 f | gbg fag | fdd def |
  | gbg faf | ege {a}-gfg | edB ~BAF | GEE E2 :|
f | gdc BcA | GEE E2 f | gdB dAG | FDD DEF |
  | G3 {B}-AGA | BcB {a}-gfg | edB ~BAF | GEE E2 :|
FAQ

Questions about Old Grey Goose, The

  • Old Grey Goose, The is in Em, in 6/8 time. The E minor scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Difficulty could not be assessed for this setting.

  • 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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