Key of G

THE BARLEY GRAIN

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "THE BARLEY GRAIN"THE BARLEY GRAIN5022502050225025022052054242205542224542042224220422245420325045Book: O'Neill's 100Notes:"Moderate""Collected by F.O'Neill"

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X: 100
T: THE BARLEY GRAIN
B: O'Neill's 100
M: 3/4
L: 1/4
N: "Moderate"
N: "Collected by F.O'Neill"
K:G
(G/A/) \
| B2B | (d2e) | (B2A) | (G2A) \
| B2B | d2A | B3- | B2(G/A/) |
| B2B | (e2d) | (B2A) | (G2F) \
| EFE | B2A | G3- | G2 ||
|| G/F/ \
| E2E | EFG | (F2E) | (D2F) \
| E2E | EFE | B3 | (A2F) |
| E2E | EFG | F2E | (D2c) \
| (B2G) | (A2F) | G3- | G2 ||
FAQ

Questions about THE BARLEY GRAIN

  • THE BARLEY GRAIN 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.