jig · Key of G
THE GOLD RING
O’Neill 1903 no. 708
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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ABC notation source
X:708 T:THE GOLD RING M:6/8 L:1/8 B:O'NEILL'S 708 N:"collected by Ennis" K:G d|cAG GFG|cAG G2 d|cAG GFG|cAG F2 d| cAG GFG|cAG ~A2 G|FGA ~(fed)|cAG G2:| ||d|cAd cAd|cAG G2 d|cAd cAd|cAG F2 d| cAd cAd|cAG ~A2 G|FGA ~(fed)|cAG G2:| ||(3d/-e/-f/|gag gdc|BGG G2 d/e/|=fgf fc_B|A=FF F2 d| gag gdc|BGG G2 d|=fgf fed|cAG G2:| ||(3d/-e/-f/|gdd fdd|gdd fdd|gdd fdd|cAG G2 (3d/-e/-f/| gdd fdd|gdd fdd|(f/g/a)g f2 d|cAG G2:| ||D|Gdd Gdd|cAG G2 A|~B2 G ~A2 G|cAG F2 A| ~B2 G ~A2 G|~B2 G ~A2 G|FGA ~(fed)|cAG G2:| ||(G/A/)|BGB AFA|DED FED|Add fed|cAG FGA| BGB AFA|DED FED|Add fed|cAG G2:| ||(G/A/)|BAB DED|AFA DED|Add fed|cAG FGA| BAB DED|AFA DED|Add fed|cAG G2:|
FAQ
Questions about THE GOLD RING
THE GOLD RING is in G, in 6/8 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 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.