hornpipe · Key of D

Old man Quinn

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Old man Quinn"Old man QuinnHornpipeanon. (Ireland)054040520545040205404052054000540405205Tenor Banjo33450402052450254245400325235252050230405420520540054Tenor Banjo333333333242020505024502045402450254245400054542420405420240403Tenor Banjo333333322252320540054242020505024502045402450254245400Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 871
ABC notation source
X:871
T:Old man Quinn
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 871
R:Hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
A>G|F>DF>A d>fe>d|c>de>c A>BA>G|F>DF>A d>fe>d|c2A2A2A>G|F>DF>A d>fe>d|
c>de>c A>BA>G|(3Bcd A>B G>F (3EFG|F2D2D2::g2|f>df>g a>fd>f|e>de>f g>ec>e|d>cB>A d>fe>d|c2A2A2d>c|
(3BcB (3ABA G>AG>A|(3Bcd (3ABA F>GF>A|(3Bcd A>B G>F (3EFG|F2D2D2::AG|(3FGF (3EFE D>FA>d|(3cBA B>c A>ce>g|
(3fff d>f g>fe>d|c2A2A2 d>c|(3BcB (3ABA G>AG>A|(3Bcd (3ABA F>GF>A|(3Bcd A>B G>F (3EFG|F2D2D2:|
FAQ

Questions about Old man Quinn

  • Old man Quinn is in D, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • 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. 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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