Key of G

The Groves of Blarney

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Groves of Blarney"The Groves of Blarney5023055250232205550232055250232205552332205525233206035023205525025322055Book: O'Neill's 507Notes:"Slow with expression"

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X:507
T:The Groves of Blarney
M:3/4
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 507
N:"Slow with expression"
K:G
(G>A) \
| B2 g2 (e>d) | (d B3) (G>A) | B2 (cB) {B}(A>G) | G4 (G>A) |
B2 g2 {f}(e>d) | (d B3) (G>A) | B2 (c>B) {B}(A>G) | G4 ||
(d>B) \
| g2 (g>f) {f}(e>d) | (d2 B2) (d>B) | g2 (gfe^d) | e2 ~Hg2 (G>A) |
B2 g2 {f}(e>d) | (d B3) (G>A) | B2 {d}(c>B) {B}(A>G) | G4 ||
FAQ

Questions about The Groves of Blarney

  • The Groves of Blarney is in G, in 3/4 time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 98% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.

  • 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.