jig · Key of Em
The old grey goose
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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ABC notation source
X:214
T:The old grey goose
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 214
R:Double jig
m:Mn = (3n/o/n/
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Em
(E/F/)|GBG FAF|GEE E2F|DFA dAG|FDD DEF|MGFG AGA|BAB gfg|edB ({c}B)AF GEE E2:|
|:F|G2G dBG|GA (B/c/) dBG|A2A ecA|A(Bc/d/) ecA|GAG dBG|egf ({a}g)fg|edB MBAF|GEE E2:|d|efe edB|def g2e|
fdd add|fag fed|gfg fef|def ({a}g)fg|edB MBAF|GEE E2:|c|BGG AFF|GEE E2c|BGG dAG|FDD D2c|
BGG AGF|GEE ({a}g)fg|edB MBAF|GEE E2:|f|gbg faf|gee e2f|gbg fag|fdd def|gbg faf|egf ({a}g)fg|
edB MBAF|GEE E2:|f|gdc BcA|GEE E2f|gdB dAG|FDD DEF|G3 ({B}A)GA|Bcb ({a}g)fg|edB MBAF|EGG G2:|FAQ
Questions about The old grey goose
The old grey goose is in Em, in 6/8 time. The E 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 jig, written in 6/8.
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.