reel · Key of G
The merry days of easter
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:470
T:The merry days of easter
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 470
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
(dc)W|BGGA Bcdg|(3efg dB A2dc|BGGA Bcdg|(3efg dB G2H:|(ga)|bgaf gfed|ea({b}a)g a2(ga)|
bgaf gfed|(3Bcd ef g2(ga)|(3bag af (bg)af|eaab a2(ga)|bc'ba gfed|ea({b}a)f gedcW|]FAQ
Questions about The merry days of easter
The merry days of easter is in G, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Harder. 92% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 8.
It is a reel, written in C|.
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.