hornpipe · Key of G
The green banner
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:872 T:The green banner C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 872 R:Hornpipe M:C| L:1/8 K:G G2|D>GB>G d>GB>G|e>fg>e d>BA>B|G>FG>A B>AB>G|A>BA>F G>FE>F|D>GB>G d>GB>G|e>fg>e d>BA>B|G>Bd>g e>cA>F|G2G2G2:| |:d2|g>be>g d>gB>e|d>Bg>e d>BA>B|G>Bd>B e>dc>B|A>GA>B A2D>C|B,>dg>b d2c>B|A>Bc>d e2g>e|d>BG>B A>GF>A|G2G2G2:|
FAQ
Questions about The green banner
The green banner is in G, 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 hornpipe, 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.