hornpipe · Key of A
Higgins' Best
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:1750 T:Higgins' Best M:C| L:1/8 N:"collected by McElligott" B:O'Neill's 1750 R:Hornpipe K:A A2 (Ac) eAce | acea Tc'2 (ba) | faea ceaf | ecBA FAEC | A,2 (Ac) eAce | acea Tc'2 (ba) | faea cefe | ceBe A2 z2 :| A2 (Ac) BAFA | agaf ecBA | dfce BdAc | dBcA BAFA | EAce acea | d'bc'a bafa | eacf ed'bg | a2 a2 a2 |]
FAQ
Questions about Higgins' Best
Higgins' Best is in A, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Harder. 90% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 10.
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.