jig · Key of G
The Yellow Flail
O’Neill 1903 no. 818
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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ABC notation source
X:818
T:The Yellow Flail
N:"Collected by F.O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 818
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
d/c/|BAG GFG|D2E {G}FEF|GAG GAB|{d}cAG FGA|
BcB {c}BAG|ABA ABc|dcA {B}AGF|G3 G2:|
D|T(GFG) BAG|GFG AFD|T(GFG) BGB|{d}c2A F2A|
T(GFG) BAG|GFG ABc|dcA {B}AGF|G3 G2:|
D|G2A B2c|ded d2c|{c}BAG FGA|cAG F2A|
BcB {c}BAG|ABA ABc|dcA {B}AGF|G3 G2:|FAQ
Questions about The Yellow Flail
The Yellow Flail is in G, in 6/8 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.
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.