hornpipe · Key of G

Post Office, The

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Post Office"The Post Officehornpipe5025505205235052020020520200200tr357323523205030520252025555tr3575735353357353023230525220050tr357323523205030520252025555Book: O'Neill's 1606Notes:"Collected by F. O'Neill"

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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. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • 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. 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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