jig · Key of Em

The old grey goose

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The old grey goose"The old grey gooseDouble jiganon. (Ireland)245254045222404050540002454505020232305232045222455525502352500030023503050552503253230522045222502005250230255555253205323202502532305220452223255044522232555054000325505452253230522045222237325230002373253255502373252032532305220452222353230522223525054000245205023753230522042555Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 214

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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:|
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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.

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