reel · Key of Am

The old grey gander

O’Neill 1907 no. 600

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The old grey gander"The old grey ganderReelanon. (Ireland)1220023202550235202023502305232030522005055305252555055753052200505530525255200235023052200Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 600

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X:600
T:The old grey gander
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 600
R:Reel
m:Tn = (3n/o/n/
M:C|
L:1/8
K:Am
EAAB c2(BA)|BGGA BcdB|AEAB cde^f|[1 gedB c2(BA):|[2 gedB (BA)A2||a2 ea a2 ge|
d2BG (Bd)d2|a2ea a2ba|gedB (TBA)A2|a2ea a2ge|d2BG (Bd)d2|EAAB cde^f|gedB (TBA)A2|]
FAQ

Questions about The old grey gander

  • The old grey gander is in Am, in C| time. The A minor scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 99% 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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