reel · Key of G
The First of March
O’Neill 1903 no. 1357
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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ABC notation source
X:1357
T:The First of March
R:Reel
N:Collected by McFadden
B:O'Neill's 1357
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
{a}ge"Segno"|d2BG AGEF|G2dG Bdge|d2BG AGEA|1Bdgd efge:|2Bdgde2||
(ef)|g2T(gf) gbag|fdad fdfa|g2T(gf) gbaf|gfed Beef|
g2T(gf) gbag|fdad fdfa|(3gab ag (3fga ed|T(BA) (3Bcd efg"D.S."e|]FAQ
Questions about The First of March
The First of March is in G, in C| time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.
Easy. 96% 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.