reel · Key of G

The same old story

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The same old story"The same old storyReelanon. (Ireland)052502302530250052502302530502452502302530250052502302530505545025050205205545025020540245545025050205253235052505245Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 756

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X:756
T:The same old story
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 756
R:Reel
M:2/4
L:1/16
K:G
D4|G2(BG) ABcA|BdcA BGAD|G2(BG) ABcA|BdcA GDEF|G2(BG) ABcA|BdcA BGAD|G2(BG) ABcA|BdcA G4||
D4|G2(GF) GABd|edef edBA|G2(GF) GABG|ABAG FDEF|G2(GF) GABd|edef edBd|gfgd edBG|AGEF G2|]
FAQ

Questions about The same old story

  • The same old story is in G, in 2/4 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.

  • It is a reel, written in 2/4.

  • 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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