hornpipe · Key of D

Back of the haggard

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Back of the haggard"Back of the haggardHornpipeanon. (Ireland)333024525204045452040454520205400245000000000Tenor Banjo32023525425420542000024545040042545254530250452Tenor Banjo3333450454240555540000522220333325250304555Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 918
ABC notation source
X:918
T:Back of the haggard
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 918
R:Hornpipe
M:2/4
L:1/16
K:D
(3ABc|dfdf ecAc|dcdB AFDF|GFGB Afed|c2A2 A2(Bc)|d>A (3AAA e>A (3AAA|
fefg afdc|BdcB AGFE|D2D2D2::(3ABc|dcdA FADF|.B(GFG) .B(GFG)|gefd ecdB|
cdec dcBc|A>d (3ddd c>e (3eee|d>f (3fff e>g (3ggg|fafd egec|d2d2d2:|
FAQ

Questions about Back of the haggard

  • Back of the haggard is in D, in 2/4 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • 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 hornpipe, written in 2/4.

  • 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.

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