hornpipe · Key of G

Beside a rath

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Beside a rath"Beside a rathHornpipeanon. (Ireland)320520255025505320252024502532052452025023502353025305252055Tenor Banjo3302320252532502505204502532052454052025023502353025305252055Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 943
ABC notation source
X:943
T:Beside a rath
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 943
R:Hornpipe
m:Tn3 = n(3n/o/n/ m/n/
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
BA|GED(E G2)GA|Bdd(e dc)BA|BGE(D EF)GA|BG(cB AG)EF|G(EDE) TG3A|(3(Bcd) e(f ga)ge|f(dce) dBGB|A2G2G2:|
|:(ef)|gfe(f df)a(g|fd)eB Td3e|d(BAF) GAB(d|cB)AG (3(EFG) (FA)|G(EDE) TG3A|(3(Bc(d) e)f g(age)|fdc(e dB)GB|A2G2G2:|
FAQ

Questions about Beside a rath

  • Beside a rath is in G, in C| 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 C|.

  • 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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