Key of G

The Twilight Star

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Twilight Star"The Twilight Star0520450405203502320532054502002452045040520350232350304555235523350035532205320205452355233200355323205320555Book: O'Neill's 1641

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ABC notation source
X:1641
T:The Twilight Star
M:2/4
L:1/16
B:O'Neill's 1641
K:G
D2 \
| GBAF GDB,D | GBec d2ef | gfed cBAG | FGAB ADEF |
| GBAF GDB,D | GBec d2ef | gfgd ecAF | G2G2G2 :|
|: Bc \
| d2dB g2gd | e2ec a2ag | f2fe dcBA | Bed^c d2B=c |
| d2dB g2gB | e2ec a2ag | fgfe dcBA | G2G2G2 :|
FAQ

Questions about The Twilight Star

  • The Twilight Star 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.