jig · Key of Dm

The Goat's Song

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Goat's Song"The Goat's Song30353030130353035303105303530301303530530153100515300310035005355530031003514511530031003500353053015310052350135310310530301531005Book: O'Neill's 480Notes:"Moderate"Irish title: cronan go.bair

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X:480
T:The Goat's Song
N:"Moderate"
N:Irish title: cronan go.bair
B:O'Neill's 480
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Dm
c | A>cd cAF | (A/B/c).A cGc | A>cd cAF | Tf2 e Td2 c |
A>cd cAF | (A/B/c)A cGc | A>GF AfHa | gfe {e}d2 :|
f | {d}cAA {g}fAA | {g}aAA {d}cGG | {d}cAA {g}fAA | {g}af^c d2 f |
[1 {d}cAA {g}fAA | {g}aAA cGc | A>GF AfHa | gfe {e}d2 :|
[2 cde fga | gfe {g}fed | c>AF AfHa | gfe {e}d2 ||
FAQ

Questions about The Goat's Song

  • The Goat's Song is in Dm, in 6/8 time. The D minor 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 jig, written in 6/8.

  • 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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