hornpipe · Key of A

Halfway House., The

Also known as tea.c an mea.don-.bo.tair

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A hornpipe runs 160 to 200 at a session. One click is a quarter note, not the eighth notes you are playing. Full metronome

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Halfway House."The Halfway House.tea.c an mea.don-.bo.tair.Hornpipe324602402604244020245450250452402424024026042440202454502505402402622262040004025222520407024354502450450245457404545204240Book: O'Neill's 1569

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ABC notation source
X:1569
T:Halfway House., The
T:tea.c an mea.don-.bo.tair.
R:Hornpipe
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 1569
M:C
K:A
(3EFG|ABcA BGAF|Ecce fefg|agae faec|dBcA BFEF|
ABcA BGAF|Ecce fefg|agae faed|cABc A2:|
E2 (GB) BEGB|A2(cA) eAce|B2(df) fBdf|e2 (ge) befg|
agae (3fga ec|defg a2 (ga)|bgeg agaf|ecBc A2:|
FAQ

Questions about Halfway House., The

  • Halfway House., The is in A, in C time. The A major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Moderate. 94% 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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