reel · Key of G
On the river bank
O’Neill 1907 no. 702
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:702 T:On the river bank C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 702 R:Reel M:C| L:1/8 K:G d^cAF G2 (GF)|DEFG ABcA|d^cAF GBAF|DEFG ABcA|d^cAF G2 (GF)|DEFG ABcA|d^cAF GBAF|DFAc BG G2|| K:D Addc d2cd|edcd efge|fgef d2 (dc)|AGFG ABcB|Addc d2(cd)|edcd efge|faef d2(dc)|Aceg fdd2|]
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Questions about On the river bank
On the river bank is in G, in C| 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 reel, written in C|.
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.