Key of G

The Chanter's Tune

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Chanter's Tune"The Chanter's Tune30555305510135530105305553055101355305235501015350101355301015305553055101355305Book: O'Neill's 143Notes:"Slow"

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X:143
T:The Chanter's Tune
N:"Slow"
B:O'Neill's 143
M:2/4
L:1/8
K:G
(c/A/)|GG ">"d(c/A/)|GG ">"=f(e/f/)|gd ">"d(c/A/)|=fe d(c/A/)|
GG ">"d(c/A/)|GG ">"=f(e/f/)|gd d(c/A/)|G2- G||
(B/c/)|dd/e/ ">"=f(e/f/)|(d/c/d/e/) ">"=f(e/f/)|gd .d(c/A/)|.=f(e/f/) .d(c/A/)|
GG .d(c/A/)|GG ">"=f(e/f/)|gd d(c/A/)|G2- G||
FAQ

Questions about The Chanter's Tune

  • The Chanter's Tune is in G, in 2/4 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.