hornpipe · Key of G

Nelson's Victory

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Nelson's Victory"Nelson's VictoryHornpipe054502352535252320540545205420545023532535252303205455525353235032306023252532354520542253532350325352523032054555Book: O'Neill's 1712

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ABC notation source
X:1712
T:Nelson's Victory
M:C|
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 1712
R:Hornpipe
K:G
   D2  (GF) GABc | d2 (fd) gdBG | E2 (cB) AGFA | GFGE  DCB,A, |
   G,2 (GF) GABc |  dgfa   gdBG |  Ecec   BAGF | G2 G2 G2 z2 :|
|:   Bdgd   cBcd |  ecBc  A^GAB |  cfaf   dcBc | dFGE  DCB,A, |
     Bdgd   cBcd |  egfa   gdBG |  Ecec   BAGF | G2 G2 G2 z2 :|
FAQ

Questions about Nelson's Victory

  • Nelson's Victory is in G, in C| time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 99% 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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