reel · Key of G
The green branch
O’Neill 1907 no. 529
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:529 T:The green branch C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 529 R:Reel M:C| L:1/8 K:G ge|:dGBG dGGB|dGBG AGE2|dGBG defg|[1afdf g2fe:|[2af (3(def) g2fe||dggf gbag| fdef gfef|dggf gbag|fede fee2|dggf gbag|fdef gedB|c2cA BAGB|dega bgg2|]
FAQ
Questions about The green branch
The green branch is in G, in C| time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.
Easy. 96% 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. 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.