Key of G

The Silk Handkerchief

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Silk Handkerchief"The Silk Handkerchief3535730230523052520000050232023502335730230523052520000050235023553323335753205055755537532053533233052302520000050235023Book: O'Neill's 1665Notes:"collected by Cronin"

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X:1665
T:The Silk Handkerchief
M:2/4
L:1/16
B:O'Neill's 1665
N:"collected by Cronin"
K:G
d2 \
| gabg efge | dBge dBGB | (3AAA A-B AGAB | cBABcdef |
| gabg efge | dBgedBGB | (3AAA A-B AGAB | cdef g2 :|
|: d2 \
| dggf g2g-f | gaba gfed | eaab a2a-g | agba gfed |
| dggf g2 g-f | edBg eBGB | (3AAA A-B AGAB | cdef g2 :|
FAQ

Questions about The Silk Handkerchief

  • The Silk Handkerchief is in G, in 2/4 time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 96% 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.