Key of G

The Shepherd

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Shepherd"The Shepherd20542250525003532052320502054225052502353202332055535352350053225377537535753535753252525302353202332055Book: O'Neill's 251Notes:"Moderate""Collected by J.O'neill"

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X: 251
T: The Shepherd
B: O'Neill's 251
N: "Moderate"
N: "Collected by J.O'neill"
M: C
L: 1/8
K:G
B>A \
| G3F E2(Bd) | (ed)Bd e2(eg) | (dc)(BA) G2B2 | (cBAG) A2B>A |
| G3F E2(Bd) | (ed)Bd e2f2 | (g>ag).f (e>fg).c | B2(A>G) G2 ||
|| d2 \
| g3a g2G2 | (Bcde) (edcB) | (Bdgb) (bagb) | (agab) a2(g>a) |
| {ga}b3a g2fd | .B.d.f.a g2e>f | (g>ag).f (e>fg).c | B2(A>G) G2 ||
FAQ

Questions about The Shepherd

  • The Shepherd is in G, in C time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 95% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • 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.