hornpipe · Key of Bb

Dancing On The Green

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Dancing On The Green"Dancing On The GreenHornpipe3313153630135130301350135135310533Tenor Banjo31315363013513030151565310311Tenor Banjo333101354561135615165316531353105331Tenor Banjo013131315111630313165310311Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1735Notes:"collected by (Balfe)"
ABC notation source
X:1735
T:Dancing On The Green
M:C|
L:1/8
N:"collected by (Balfe)"
B:O'Neill's 1735
R:Hornpipe
K:Bb
   f>gf>d g>ec>A  |   B>cd>B   c>AF>D | E>FG>A   B>cd>B  | (3cdc (3BAG F2 F2  |
   f>gf>d g>ec>A  |   B>cd>B   c>AF>D | E>GB>d e>d (3cBA |   c2    B2  B2 z2 :|
|: B>AB>c d>^cd>e | f2 ((3fga) b>fd>f | b>ag>f   e>dc>B  | (3cdc (3BAG F2 (FE)|
   D>BF>B c>BF>B  |   G>BE>B   e>cA>c | B>gf>e   d>cB>A  |   c2    B2  B2 z2 :|
FAQ

Questions about Dancing On The Green

  • Dancing On The Green is in Bb, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Moderate. 93% 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 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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