reel · Key of G
The flower of the flock
O’Neill 1907 no. 512
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:512 T:The flower of the flock C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 512 R:Reel m:~n2 = o/4n/m/4n M:C| L:1/8 K:G (GE)|DEGA BGGB|cABG AGEG|DEGA BABc|dBAB G2:|(3def|g2(ge) d2(dB)|AcBG AGEG| g2ge d2~d2|eaab agef|gfge dedB|cABG AGEG|DEGA BABc|dBAB G2|]
FAQ
Questions about The flower of the flock
The flower of the flock is in G, in C| time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.
Easy. 99% 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.