hornpipe · Key of Ador

Biddy early

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Biddy early"Biddy earlyHornpipeanon. (Ireland)3350233235035052502530000030353205025330350350525025320305323000232353053235250255357530530503502305230523202350532305205300Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 946

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X:946
T:Biddy early
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 946
R:Hornpipe
M:C
L:1/8
K:Ador
(3(GAB)|c2(cB) cdeg|d(edB) GABd|cA (3AAA (ec)A(c|d)cBA GABd|c2(cA) cde(g|d)ed(B GA)Bd|cBA(g ed)cB|c2A2A2:|
|:(ef)|g(fga)ged(c|B)cdB GABd|a(gab) age(a|ge)d(e cd)ef|gea(f ged)B|cBA(B cd)ea|g(fge) dfed|c2A2A2:|
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Questions about Biddy early

  • Biddy early is in Ador, in C time. The A dorian 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 7.

  • It is a hornpipe, written in C.

  • 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.

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