reel · Key of G

The four courts

O’Neill 1907 no. 640

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The four courts"The four courtsNo. 1Reelanon. (Ireland)3520040005200405520040005424230545004000520040545050320235230533054043405430505404340352305054043405430502352035302352305335200322502045520032235230552040325250204502352035302352305Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 640

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X:640
T:The four courts
T:No. 1
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 640
R:Reel
m:Tn2 = (3n/o/n/ o/4n/4-n/
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
dB|ADFD ADGB|ADFD G2GB|ADFD ADGF|(3(EFE) cA G2FG|ADFD ADGB|ADFD G2FG|AGAc BABc|dBcA G2||
(AG)|TF2AF cFAG|TF2cA G2AG|F2AF cFAc|dBcA G2AG|TF2AF cFAG|TF2cA G2(3(ABc)|dfec dc (3(ABc)|dBcA G2||
(dB)|A2Ac B2Bd|ABAF G2dB|A2Ac B2Bc|dBcA G2dB|AFAc BGBd|ABAF G2(3(ABc)|dfec dc (3(ABc)|dBcA G2|]
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Questions about The four courts

  • The four courts is in G, in C| time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Very easy. 100% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 5.

  • 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.

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