Key of G

The Brown Thorn

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Brown Thorn"The Brown Thorn30522320525025304555Tenor Banjo3502335755230250525502Tenor Banjo333575252302505252Tenor Banjo3522320525025304555Tenor BanjoBook: "O'Neill's 33"Notes:"Slow" "setting 3" "collected by Mrs. Lavin"
ABC notation source
X: 33
T: The Brown Thorn
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
B: "O'Neill's 33"
N: "Slow" "setting 3" "collected by Mrs. Lavin"
K:G
D2 | G2 B/2-d/2 f/2-a/2 g2 | f>e (dB/2G/2) A2 | ~B2 {d}(3(cAF) G>G | G4 ||
(de/2f/2) | g>-f ga b-<g | a>-f d3 f/2-a/2 | g>e fd (3(edB) | d4 (de/2f/2) |
g>-f ga b-<g | a>f d3 f/2-a/2 | g>e fd (3(edB) | d4 B>-A |
G2 B/2-d/2 f/2-a/2 g2 | f>e (dB/2G/2) A2 | ~B2 {d}(3(cAF) G>G | G4 ||
FAQ

Questions about The Brown Thorn

  • The Brown Thorn is in G, in 3/4 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 97% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

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

  • 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.