Key of G

The Tossing of the Hay

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Tossing of the Hay"The Tossing of the Hay305023532503045502332032352320535023203235232053205023532503045Book: O'Neill's 179Notes:"Moderate" "collected by F. O'Neill"

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X:179
T:The Tossing of the Hay
N:"Moderate" "collected by F. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 179
M:2/4
L:1/8
K:G
D2|G>A Bc|dg fd|ec AF|G2 (3def|
gf eg|fg af|gf ed|g2 (3def|
gf eg|fg af|gf ed|g2 BA|
G>A Bc|dg fd|ec AF|G2||
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Questions about The Tossing of the Hay

  • The Tossing of the Hay 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.

  • 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.