Key of D
The Dear Little Shamrock
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:178 T:The Dear Little Shamrock N:"Moderate" "collected by J. O'Neill" B:O'Neill's 178 M:3/4 L:1/8 K:D Ad|f4 ff|f4 f2|e2 f2 e2|d4 dd| (d2 f2 a2)|(a2 g2 f2)|(f2 e2) z2|z2 z2 de| (f2 g2 f2)|(f2 e2 d2)|(e2 f2 e2)|(d4 cB)| A2 d2 f2|a2 g2 e2|e2 d2 z2|z2 z2 cd| e4 (fe)|e2 c2 d2|e2 c2 a2|e2 c3 e| a4 gf|e4 dc|"rall."B2 e2 d2|c2 HA2 "a tempo."Ad| f3 f f2|f2 d2 (A/B/c/d/e/f/)|g3 g g2|g2 e2 A2| d4 ef|g3 a b2|a2 g2 f2|e2 Hd2||
FAQ
Questions about The Dear Little Shamrock
The Dear Little Shamrock is in D, 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.