The Pigeon On The Gate
O’Neill 1903 no. 1406
Irish tenor banjo tab
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ABC notation source
X:1406
T:The Pigeon On The Gate
M:C|
L:1/8
N:"collected by F. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1406
K:Amix
gf | e>A (3AAA egfg | e>A (3AAA e2 dB |1 G2 (BG) dGBG | GBdf g2 (fg) :|2\
GBde g2 ga | bagb a2 ||
(ag) | eaag abag | eaab c'bag | eggf gage | dega bgag |
eaag abag | eaab c'bag | edef gage | dBGB A2 |]Questions about The Pigeon On The Gate
The Pigeon On The Gate is in Amix, in C| time. The A mixolydian scale gives you every note it uses.
Harder. 90% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 9.
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.