Key of D

The Flowers of the Forest

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Flowers of the Forest"The Flowers of the Forest= 90304202502320525420542402025023230552532054552Tenor Banjo123302052542054532054552020552400202502322055Tenor Banjo023575205320525420542357520523202450Tenor Banjo3323575205320525420542400202502323055Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 538Notes:"Slow with expression Irish Version" "collected by J. O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X:538
T:The Flowers of the Forest
M:C
L:1/8
Q:90
B:O'Neill's 538
N:"Slow with expression Irish Version" "collected by J. O'Neill"
K:D
A2 F>B ABd(e/2f/2) | gfed B(d/2c/2 B/2A/2G/2F/2) \
| (EF)A>B ABd (3e/2f/2g/2 | f2 {g}e>d d2 z :| f | a>(g f/2e/2d/2c/2) d2 dB |
| (Afe>d) B(d/2c/2  B/2A/2G/2F/2) \
|1 a>(g f/2e/2d/2c/2) d2 dB | Afe>d d2 z \
:|2 (3EFA A>B (ABd) (3e/2f/2g/2 | f2 {f}e>d d2 z ||
e \
| (fg)(ab) (af)(ed) | gfed B(d/2c/2 B/2A/2G/2F/2) \
| (fgab) (af)(ed) | (B/2g/2f/2e/2) Bc d2 z e |
| (fgab) (af)(ed) | (gfed) B(d/2c/2 B/2A/2G/2F/2) \
| (3EFA A>B (ABd) (3e/2f/2g/2 | f2 {g}e>d d2 z |]
FAQ

Questions about The Flowers of the Forest

  • The Flowers of the Forest is in D, in C time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 98% 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.