reel · Key of G

The northern lasses

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The northern lasses"The northern lassesReelanon. (Ireland)333502355552505250525023205450232023502355552505055232053205450325045253530353537353023530353333123537533575353232052502305323502323053753202523205Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 747

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X:747
T:The northern lasses
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 747
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
(3(def)|gG (3GGG (EG)DG|(EG)DG (EG)AB|cBAG FGAB|cBAB cdef|gG (3GGG (EG)DG|
(Aa)af gfed|cBAG FGAc|BGAFG2:|(Bd)|g2dg egdg|agbg agef|g2dg egdg|
agba g2(ga)|(3(bag) (3(agf) gfed|Bdef gedc|(3(Bcd) ef gfge|[1dgba gfef:|[2dB (3(cBA) G2|]
FAQ

Questions about The northern lasses

  • The northern lasses 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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