jig · Key of G

Old Nora

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Old Nora"Old Nora050550255250552025305055020502350202023205055325525055202320505532050235020202320255555205525044344040320255555205023502020232052552552553252552502320525525525532525202023205253235323525320232052532353233575353202320525505252525255050232052550525253252520202320Book: O'Neill's 866Notes:"Collected by F.O'Neill"

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X:866
T:Old Nora
N:"Collected by F.O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 866
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
D|GAG G2A|B2G d2B|GAG G2B|A2B dcA|
GAG G2A|BAG ABc|d2e fef|A2B cBA:|
ded d2c|B2G d2B|ded d2B|A2B cBA|
ded d2c|BAG ABc|d2e fef|A2B cBA:|
BGG dGG|BAG dBG|AFF cFF|AFA cBA|
BGG dGG|BAG ABc|d2e fef|A2B cBA:|
GBd GBd|GBd dcB|GBd GBd|A2B cBA|
GBd GBd|GBd dcB|GBd fef|A2B cBA:|
GBd gfg|agf g3|GBd g2B|A2B cBA|
GBd gfg|agf g2g/a/|bag agf|A2B cBA:|
dBG GDG|BGB d2B|dBG GDG|A2B cBA|
dBG GDG|BGB dcB|GBd fef|A2B cBA:|
FAQ

Questions about Old Nora

  • Old Nora is in G, in 6/8 time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 100% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • 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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