reel · Key of G

The grey plover

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The grey plover"The grey ploverReelanon. (Ireland)525202320232052525400040005525250225323025025520522003353333530520522533335305254005333530522532302502552052200Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 759

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X:759
T:The grey plover
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 759
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
G3B d2(BA)|BcBA BcBA|G3B d2(BG)|FADA FADA|G2GB d2Bd|eBBd g2(fg)|efde Bddf|e2dB (BA)A2||
d>g (3.g.g.g a2(ge)|d2BA GBB2|d>g (3.g.g.g a2(ge)|d2BG FAA2|dggg a2(ge)|dBBd g2(fg)|efde Bddf|e2dB (BA)A2|]
FAQ

Questions about The grey plover

  • The grey plover 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.

  • 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.

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