jig · Key of G

the Old Langolee

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "the Old Langolee"the Old Langolee5205025202550532020552205025202550532205235502053205235502025355253205322055055055320205Book: O'Neill's 247Notes:"Playful"

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X: 247
T: the Old Langolee
B: O'Neill's 247
N: "Playful"
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K:G
  G3 B3 | A>GA BGE | D>EG G2e | d>cB (A2{BA}G) |
| G3 B2B | A>GA BGE | D>EG G2e | d>cB {B}A2G ||
|| Bcd d>ef | edc BAG | Bcd def | efd g2G |
| G>Bd gfe | dcB BAG | G>DG G>DG | G>cB (A2{BA}G) ||
FAQ

Questions about the Old Langolee

  • the Old Langolee is in G, in 6/8 time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Very easy. 100% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 5.

  • 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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