reel · Key of D

The Gooseberry Bush

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Gooseberry Bush"The Gooseberry BushReel202424500240520240540545045204Tenor Banjo024245024054502504520540245Tenor Banjo0550250540524052020450540245424Tenor Banjo5502505405240520240540502405Tenor Banjo0550230520235325450230432305402Tenor Banjo54520205450240520240540502405Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1252Notes:Collected by Cronin
ABC notation source
X:1252
T:The Gooseberry Bush
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:O'Neill's 1252
N:Collected by Cronin
K:D
A,2|D3E FEFG|A2(AB) cAGB|ABcA dcAG|FGAF GBAF|
D3E FEFG|ABcA dcde|fdec dfed|cABcd2||
A2|d2(de) fded|cAdB cAGB|ABAFG2(AG)|FABc dcBc|
d2(de) fded|cAdB cAGB|ABcA dcAG|ABced2||
A2|d2(de) fged|fefg agfd|cdefg2(ec)|gfge dcAB|
dcdB ABAG|FGAB cAGB|ABcA dcAG|ABced2||
FAQ

Questions about The Gooseberry Bush

  • The Gooseberry Bush is in D, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • 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. 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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