hornpipe · Key of G

Midnight Dance, The

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Midnight Dance"The Midnight Dancehornpipe054505252050202320235023053205320H5450525205020232023502305320520535032050235202303023520304D.C.0535032050235202303023525Book: O'Neill's 1608Notes:"Collected by J. O'Neill"

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X:1608
T:Midnight Dance, The
R:hornpipe
N:"Collected by J. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1608
M:2/4
L:1/16
K:G
D2 | GFGA GBdB | AGAB ABcB | ABcd efge | dgfe dcBA |
GFGA GBdB | AGAB ABcB | ABcd efge | dcBA "H"G2:|
|: B2 | Adcd Agfe | defg a2f2 | efge cABc | dfec A2F2 |
Adcd Agfe | defg a2f2 | efge cABc | d2f2 "D.C."d2 :||
FAQ

Questions about Midnight Dance, The

  • Midnight Dance, The 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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