hornpipe · Key of G

Slievenamon

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Slievenamon"SlievenamonHornpipeanon. (Ireland)3232050400040520524204525235253205405333332545204050252450452530235325523535323735323537353233333535787532320532453532373532357302353235350530255Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 812

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X:812
T:Slievenamon
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 812
R:Hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
(B2{c/B/A/})|G>DB,>D G,>DB,>D|G>BA>G (3(EFE) D>F|G>Bd>f g>dB>d|cBAG Fedc|
B>GF>G (TE>D)B,>D|G>AB>G (3(EFG) D>F|G>Bd>g (3(efg) d>c|B2G2G2::B>c|d>g ({a}(3(g)fg) b>g ({a}(3(g)fg)|d>gb>g a>gf>g|
a>ga>b c'>ba>g|f>gf>e d>gB>^c|d>g ({a}(3(g)fg) b>g ({a}(3(g)fg)|d2 b>g (3(efg) d>c|(3(Bcd) g>d A>dc>A|B2G2G2:|
FAQ

Questions about Slievenamon

  • Slievenamon is in G, in C| time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Moderate. 95% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 8.

  • 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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