hornpipe · Key of A

Last of the Twins, The

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Last of the Twins"The Last of the Twinshornpipe330245040204204052040602450205420202450402042040520406024502450033024545754202024204060245020542020245457542020242040602450245545Book: O'Neill's 1601Notes:"Collected by F. O'Neill"

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X:1601
T:Last of the Twins, The
R:hornpipe
N:"Collected by F. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1601
M:C|
L:1/8
K:A
(3efg | a>ec>e f>ec>B | A>ce>a f>ec>A | G>AB>c d>ef>e | d>cB>A B2 (3efg|
a>ec>e f>ec>B | A>ce>a f>ec>A | G>AB>c d>ef>g | a2 A2 A2 :|
|: (3efg | a>ga>b a>gf>e | f>ef>g f>ec>A | G>AB>c d>ef>e | d>cB>A B2 (3efg |
a>ga>b a>gf>e | f>ef>g f>ec>A | G>AB>c d>ef>g | a2 a>g a2 :||
FAQ

Questions about Last of the Twins, The

  • Last of the Twins, The is in A, in C| time. The A major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • 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. 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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