Key of G

The Old Plaid Shawl

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Old Plaid Shawl"The Old Plaid Shawl5322205450502303055453222054505023030455550222054055023030554532220545050230304555Book: O'Neill's 166Notes:"Slow" "collected by J. O'Neill"

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X:166
T:The Old Plaid Shawl
N:"Slow" "collected by J. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 166
M:3/4
L:1/8
K:G
(d/c/) BB \
| (">"B2 A)G FG | ">"A2 de fg | (">"e2 c)A GG | F3 (d/c/) BB \
| (">"B2 A)G FG | A2 d>e fg | (e>c) (AF) GG | G3 ||
(d/e/) ff \
| (">"f2 e)d ^cA | d3 (d/e/) fg | (e2 c)A GG | F3 (d/c/) BB |
| (">"B2 A)G FG | A2 d>e fg | (e>c) (AF) GG | G3 |]
FAQ

Questions about The Old Plaid Shawl

  • The Old Plaid Shawl is in G, in 3/4 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.

  • The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.

  • 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.