reel · Key of G
The day we paid the rent
O’Neill 1907 no. 507
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:507 T:The day we paid the rent C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 507 R:Reel M:C| L:1/8 K:G ge|dGBG dGBe|dGBG FGAe|dGBG dGBd|[1efga bage:|[2efga bgg2||bagf gdBd| egdB BAA2|bagf gdBd|egfa g2ga|bagf gdBd|egdB BAAc|BGdG eGdG|egfag2|]
FAQ
Questions about The day we paid the rent
The day we paid the rent is in G, in C| time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.
Easy. 95% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.
It is a reel, written in C|.
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.