hornpipe · Key of G

Lady Day

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Lady Day"Lady Dayhornpipe2504235350532542024502302540525H3052050250545242024502305052533302452202205024545053202054542420240D.C.02042325020450232054524055Book: O'Neill's 1584Notes:"Collected by F. O'Neill"

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ABC notation source
X:1584
T:Lady Day
R:hornpipe
N:"Collected by F. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1584
M:2/4
L:1/16
K:G
(Bd) | DFBc d2(cd) | edcB G2(FE) | DEFG ABcA | Bd^ce d2(Bd) |
edBA GABG | AGFG E2(FE) | DEFG ABcA | (3GAG Bd "H"g2 | |
(D/E/F/G/) | B2BA B2BA | GAB^c d2(cd) | edcB ABAG | (3FGF (3EFE DEFD |
ABAF BcBG | ABAF G2(AB) | cBAG FGEF | D2d2 "D.C."d2 ||
FAQ

Questions about Lady Day

  • Lady Day is in G, in 2/4 time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Very easy. 100% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 5.

  • It is a hornpipe, written in 2/4.

  • 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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