Key of G

The Grey Beard

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Grey Beard"The Grey Beard302403205450502530525020523202054024502054525025323203035205402452505323502530525250532304040230535053235025320303525230405Book: O'Neill's 1393Notes:"collected by Cronin"

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ABC notation source
X:1393
T:The Grey Beard
M:C|
L:1/8
N:"collected by Cronin"
B:O'Neill's 1393
K:G
((3DEF) | AcBA GFGA | defa gedB | GABA GBcB | ABAG FDEF |
          GABA GFGB | defa gfgf | ecAc dBAG | FDEF G2 ||
B2      | d3 e dcBc | defa gedB | GBde dcBc | AFDF ABcA |
          dcde dcBc | defa g3 f | ecAc dBGB | cAFA G2 |]
FAQ

Questions about The Grey Beard

  • The Grey Beard is in G, in C| 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.

  • The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.

  • 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.