jig · Key of Am

The Short Grass

O’Neill 1903 no. 981

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Short Grass"The Short Grass0535235220252535235205550535235220252530005300035330503335057553005550135330503335010510503002310531310532300053000Book: O'Neill's 981Notes:"Collected by J.O'Neill"

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X:981
T:The Short Grass
N:"Collected by J.O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 981
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Am
(e/d/)|cGE cGE|EDE CEG|cGE cGE|Add ded|
cGE cGE|EDE CEG|cee e2d|cAA A2:|
z|gag ged|ecc cde|aba age|edd d2e|
[1 gag ged|ecc cde|fed fed|ecA A2:|
[2 gfe agf|gfe dcB|cee e2d|cAA A2|]
FAQ

Questions about The Short Grass

  • The Short Grass is in Am, in 6/8 time. The A minor scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 99% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • It is a jig, written in 6/8.

  • 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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