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The Goldfinch

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Goldfinch"The GoldfinchReel0400525205020400520404420242042Tenor Banjo0052520502042052040420240Tenor Banjo404240042254052042404027754052Tenor Banjo04200042254052042404025405Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1280Notes:Collected by O'Reilly
ABC notation source
X:1280
T:The Goldfinch
R:Reel
N:Collected by O'Reilly
B:O'Neill's 1280
M:C|
L:1/8
K:A
(Ac)|e2(ea)f2(af)|e2(ae) fece|e2(af) ecAc|{c}BABc BAFB|
A2(ea)f2(af)|e2(ae) fecf|e2(af) ecAc|BABcA2||
c2|ecBcA2(Ac)|B2(Bd) ceaf|ecBcA2(ce)|fbba geaf|
ecBeA2(Ac)|B2Bd ceaf|ecBcA2(ce)|fagea2|]
FAQ

Questions about The Goldfinch

  • The Goldfinch is in A, 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.

  • It is a reel, written in C|.

  • 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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