Key of G

The Banks of the Suir

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Banks of the Suir"The Banks of the Suir502005052052502520250250200505205250252025055025023202502320520200232050520525025202505Book: O'Neill's 517Notes:"Slow" "collected by F. O'Neill"

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ABC notation source
X:517
T:The Banks of the Suir
M:3/4
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 517
N:"Slow" "collected by F. O'Neill"
K:G
(GA)\
| B2 e2 (ed) | e2 d2 (BA) | G2 E2 (GA) | B2 d2 (BA) |
  B2 G2  A2  | B4    (GA) | B2 e2 (ed) | e2 d2 (BA) |
  G2 E2 (GA) | B2 d2 (BA) | B2 G2  A2  | G4 ||
(GA)\
| B2 d2 (ef) | g2 f2 e2 | f2 d2 (ef) | g2 f2 (ed) |
  B2 e2  f2  | e4    ef | g2 f2 (ed) | e2 d2 (BA) |
  G2 E2 (GA) | B2 d2 BA | B2 G2  A2  | G4 |]
FAQ

Questions about The Banks of the Suir

  • The Banks of the Suir 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.