Key of G

The Brown Thorn

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Brown Thorn"The Brown Thorn323550232355053252055323Tenor Banjo55023235505325205Tenor Banjo323550237752055323Tenor Banjo550235505325205Tenor BanjoBook: "O'Neill's 31"Notes:"Slow" "setting 1" "collected by F. O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X: 31
T: The Brown Thorn
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
B: "O'Neill's 31"
N: "Slow" "setting 1" "collected by F. O'Neill"
K:G
c B>c | d2-Bd ef | (gf/2g/2) dd (ed/2c/2 | B2 GB A>G | G2-Gc Bc |
d2-Bd ef | (gf/2g/2 dd (ed/2c/2) | B2 GB ~A>-G | G3 ||
c B>c | d2-Bd ef | g2 b2 {b}a/2-g/2 f/2-e/2 | e4z>d | d3 c B>c |
d2-Bd ef | g2 dd (ed/2c/2 | B2 GB ~A>-G | G3 ||
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. 99% 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.