reel · Key of G

The lightning flash

O’Neill 1907 no. 689

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The lightning flash"The lightning flashReelanon. (Ireland)3353250520402424505352505205402353055325052040242450235022503032504523533573525350253053357353253052353357352535020235753235325305Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 689

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X:689
T:The lightning flash
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 689
R:Reel
m:~n2 = o/4n/m/4n
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
(dc)|BG({A}G)B AFDE|FEFG Adgd|BG({A}G)B AGFA|(3(Bcd) cA G2dc|BG({A}G)B AFDE|FEFG (3(ABc) de|~f2fd ecAc|
BGAF G2||(Bc)|dgga bgaf|dcde fdcA|dgga bgag|fdcA G2(Bc)|dgga bgaf|dcde fefg|abag fgag|fdcA G2|]
FAQ

Questions about The lightning flash

  • The lightning flash is in G, in C| time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 97% 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.

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