reel · Key of G

The primrose lass

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The primrose lass"The primrose lassReelanon. (Ireland)220552025020052025052025025522055202502005320542402502552535053525350025350535250325525350535253500250235305203255Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 733

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X:733
T:The primrose lass
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 733
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
B2BA G2G(E|DE)GA (BA)A2|dBAB G(AGE)|DEG(A BG)G2|B2BA G2G(E|DE)GA (BA)A2|d(cBA) GFE(F|DE)GA BGG2:|
Bdg(d ed)g(d|Bd)gd eA-A2|Bdg(d ed)gd|B(dAc) (BG)G2|Bdg(d ed)gd|Bdgd eA-A2|Bde(f ga)g(e|dB)Ac BGG2:|
FAQ

Questions about The primrose lass

  • The primrose lass is in G, in C| 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 reel, written in C|.

  • 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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