Key of G

Once I Was Happy

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Once I Was Happy"Once I Was Happy0350523202520000355053205245003550532052450035052320252000Book: O'Neill's 380Notes:"Tenderly.""collected by F. O'Neill"Modal key signature is D Mixolydian.

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X: 380
T:Once I Was Happy
M:3/4
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 380
N:"Tenderly."
N:"collected by F. O'Neill"
N:Modal key signature is D Mixolydian.
K:G
Ac|d2 A2 GE|c2 B2 AB|GE D2 D2|D4 Ac|
d2 d2 ed|c2 B2 AG|E2 F2 G2|A4 Ac|
d2 d2 ed|c2 B2 AG|E2 F2 G2|A4 Ac|
d2 A2 GE|c2 B2 AB|GE D2 D2|D4||
FAQ

Questions about Once I Was Happy

  • Once I Was Happy is in G, in 3/4 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.

  • The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.

  • 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.