hornpipe · Key of G

Maid of Listowell, The

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Maid of Listowell"The Maid of Listowellhornpipe20424240240254502052042404040200424240240254502052040400002404025020520255020520424024502430424240240245450205204040000Book: O'Neill's 1595Notes:"Collected by J. O'Neill"

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X:1595
T:Maid of Listowell, The
R:hornpipe
N:"Collected by J. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1595
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
B2 | AFEF E2 (FD) | EFAB d^cde | fedB AFEF | DFAF D2 (BA) |
AFEF E2 (FD) | EFAB d^cde | fedB AFDF | D2 DD D2 :|
|: BF | AFAB defe | dBAB d2 (de) | fedB AFEF | DEFG A2 (BF) |
AFEF E2 (FD) | EF (3AB^c dcde | fedB AFDF | D2 DD D2 :||
FAQ

Questions about Maid of Listowell, The

  • Maid of Listowell, The is in G, in C| 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 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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