hornpipe · Key of A
Always Welcome
O’Neill 1903 no. 1755
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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ABC notation source
X:1755
T:Always Welcome
M:2/4
L:1/16
N:"collected by Cronin"
B:O'Neill's 1755
R:Hornpipe
K:A
(AF) | E2EF A2AB | cBAB ceeg | fefg agaf | ecBc AFFA |
E2EF A2AB | cBAB ceeg | fefg agaf | ecBc A2 :|
|: c2 | A2Ac eccf | ecac eccd | B2Bd fefg | agaf edcB |
A2Ac eccf | ecac ecce | fefg agaf | ecBc A2 :|
|: e2 | a2ga faea | faea fccB | E2EF AGAB | cBAc BFFe |
a2ga faea | faea fcce | fefg agaf | ecBc A2 :|FAQ
Questions about Always Welcome
Always Welcome is in A, in 2/4 time. The A major 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 6.
It is a hornpipe, written in 2/4.
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.