Key of G

The Merry Soldier

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Merry Soldier"The Merry Soldier235452532053235320525205323002354525320532353205035250405523532350532023532525320545040235323505320235323520340055Book: O'Neills 1630Notes:"collected by F. O'Neill"Fixed staff breaks [jc]Fixed line wrapping [jc]

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X: 1630
T:The Merry Soldier
M:C|
L:1/8
B:O'Neills 1630
N:"collected by F. O'Neill"
N: Fixed staff breaks [jc]
N: Fixed line wrapping [jc]
K:G
Bc|d^cdB dgfe|dcBc dgfe|dBdB edcB|c2A2 A2 Bc|
|d^cdB dgfe|dcBc dgfe|decd BGAF|D2G2G2:|
|:Bc|dcBc d2 ed|cBABc2dc|BGBG cBAG|FGAF D2 Bc|
|dcBc d2 ed|cBABc2 dc|BgGB AcFA|D2G2G2:|
FAQ

Questions about The Merry Soldier

  • The Merry Soldier 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.