hornpipe · Key of D

Men From Mallow, The

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Men From Mallow"The Men From Mallowhornpipe305424002454202452026602024505342400245420245404052620000330245450400545002424052624240502435450400545024040405262000002435450400545002424052624240502454254204205200404052640000Book: O'Neill's 1582Notes:"Collected by F. O'Neill"

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X:1582
T:Men From Mallow, The
R:hornpipe
N:"Collected by F. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1582
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
(AG) | F2 (EF) D2 (3ABc | d2 (cB) ABcG | E2 (DE) C2 (CA) | EDEF G2 (AG)|
F2 (EF) D2 (3ABc | d2 (cB) ABcG | FDFA GECE | D2 DD D2 :|
(3ABc | d2 (cd) AFDA | d2 (cd) A2 (AB) | cBcA GECE | cBcA G2 (3ABc |
d2 (cd) AFDA | d2 (cd) ABcA | FDFA GECE | D2 DD D2 (3ABc |
d2 (cd) AFDA | d2 (cd) A2 (AB) | cBcA GECE | cBcA G2 (3ABc |
dcBd cBAc | BAGB A2 D2 | FDFA GECF | D2 DD D2 :||
FAQ

Questions about Men From Mallow, The

  • Men From Mallow, The is in D, in C| time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 96% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.

  • 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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