hornpipe · Key of D

Echo, The

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Echo"The Echohornpipetr320504004052045424040040235025420Tenor Banjotr5040040520454203237525200245Tenor Banjo3333535323735323353735323040040235025420Tenor Banjotr3335353237353233537353253237525200245Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1605Notes:"Collected by J. O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X:1605
T:Echo, The
R:hornpipe
N:"Collected by J. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1605
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
"tr"(fe) | d>AF>A D2 F>A | d>fe>c d>cB>c | A2 c>e A2 c>e | (3fga e>f d>cB>A |
d>AF>A D2 F>A | d>fe>c d>cB>A | "tr"(gf)g>b a>fd>f | e>AB>c d2 :|
|: z2 | d>(g {a}(3gfg) b>(g {a}(3gfg) | (3gag b>g a>gf>g | A2 c>e A2 c>e | (3fga e>f d>cB>A |
d>(g {a}(3gfg) b>(g {a}(3gfg) | (3gag b>g a>gf>a | "tr"gfg>b a>fd>f | e>AB>c d2 :||
FAQ

Questions about Echo, The

  • Echo, The is in D, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 95% 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. 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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