Key of G

The Chieftain

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Chieftain"The Chieftain330245054205205250525020245054205205250525053323502052052532052502024505420520525052505Book: O'Neill's 206Notes:"Moderate""Collected by F.O'Neill"

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X: 206
T: The Chieftain
B: O'Neill's 206
N: "Moderate"
N: "Collected by F.O'Neill"
M: C
L: 1/8
K:G
((3DEF) \
| (G3A) (GFED) | (d3{f}e) (d2Bd) | e2(dB) G2A2 | E4- Ez ((3DEF) |
| (G3A) (GFED) | (d3{f}e) (d2Bd) | e2(dB) G2A2 | G4- Gz ||
|| ((3Bcd) \
| (e3f) (edBA) | (G3B) (d2gf) | e2(dB) G2A2 | E4- Ez ((3DEF) |
| (G3A) (GFED) | (d3{f}e) (d2Bd) | e2(dB) G2A2 | G4- Gz ||
FAQ

Questions about The Chieftain

  • The Chieftain is in G, in C 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.