hornpipe · Key of G

Mullingar Races, The

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Mullingar Races"The Mullingar Raceshornpipe050250230502553202325020545023040Tenor Banjo5025023050255320253054050545Tenor Banjo35023032053530205502357532555053Tenor Banjo2250402525023050253054050545Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1588Notes:"1st Setting" "Collected by F. O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X:1588
T:Mullingar Races, The
R:hornpipe
N:"1st Setting" "Collected by F. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1588
M:2/4
L:1/16
K:G
D2 | GABG ABcA | defd dcBA | BcBG ABAG | FGAB cAFD |
GABG ABcA | defd dcBA | B2d2 cAGF | D(G{A}GF) G2 :|
(3def | g2eg f2ed | gage f2(ed) | defg abag | f2dd (de)dc |
B2BG AFD2 | BdBG ABcA | defd cAGF | D(G{A}GF) G2 :||
FAQ

Questions about Mullingar Races, The

  • Mullingar Races, The is in G, in 2/4 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 99% 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 2/4.

  • 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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