hornpipe · Key of G
Post Office, The
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:1606 T:Post Office, The R:hornpipe N:"Collected by F. O'Neill" B:O'Neill's 1606 M:2/4 L:1/16 K:G (GA) | Bdde dBAG | Bcde d2BA | Beef edBA | Beef e2e2 | gabg fgaf | "tr"gfed e2ge | dBAB dBAB | G2GG G2 :| |: (ga) | babg agag | gabg agef | gfge dBGB | "tr"BAAG A2 z2 | gabg fgaf "tr" gfed e2ge | dBAB dBAB | G2GG G2 :||
FAQ
Questions about Post Office, The
Post Office, The is in G, in 2/4 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Easy. 96% 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.