Key of G

The Minstrel Boy

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Minstrel Boy"The Minstrel Boy0503205253230523520553202320560226020502335032052532305235205Book: O'Neill's 203Notes:"Moderate""Collected by J.O'Neill"

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ABC notation source
X: 203
T: The Minstrel Boy
B: O'Neill's 203
N: "Moderate"
N: "Collected by J.O'Neill"
M: C
L: 1/8
K:G
D \
| (G3A) (cBAG) | B2d2 g2(fg) | e2d2 (Bcd>B) | A4 G2z :|
d \
| g2f2 e2(fg) | f2e2 d3^d | e3B B2^d2 | (e3/2f//e//d//e/f/) Hg3g |
| (G3A) (cBAG) | B2d2 g2(fg) | e2d2 (Bcd>B) | A4 G2z ||
FAQ

Questions about The Minstrel Boy

  • The Minstrel Boy 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 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.