hornpipe · Key of A

Chief O'Neill's Visit

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Chief O'Neill's Visit"Chief O'Neill's VisitHornpipe33246020402455450402520602452406246302060402454575040252060245024545055420405774024047047047545754245420204025220404242054205475Book: O'Neill's 1705Notes:"collected by Cronin"

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X:1705
T:Chief O'Neill's Visit
M:C|
L:1/8
N:"collected by Cronin"
B:O'Neill's 1705
R:Hornpipe
K:A
   ((3EFG) | A3 B Ac ((3efg) | a2 (ag) aece |   fdBA  GABc | dBcA GEFG |
             ABAG Ac ((3efg) |   agab  aece |   fdBA  GABc | defg a2  :|
|:    (cd) | eaag    fece    |   dbbg  efge |   gbeg  begb | agab agfg |
             agfe    fece    |   fdBf  ecAc | B2 (gf) edcB | Aagb a2  :|
FAQ

Questions about Chief O'Neill's Visit

  • Chief O'Neill's Visit is in A, in C| time. The A major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Moderate. 89% 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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