hornpipe · Key of D

Son of Prosperity, The

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Son of Prosperity"The Son of Prosperityhornpipe054040502540000540405025400005Tenor Banjo340405025400005400024562400Tenor Banjo333024505405024540024505405242566024Tenor Banjo35054020542450205400024562400Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1581Notes:"Collected by F. O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X:1581
T:Son of Prosperity, The
R:hornpipe
N:"Collected by F. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1581
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
(AG) | FDFA dABG | (F<A) D2 D2 (AG) |  FDFA dABG | (F<A) D2 D2 (AG) |
FDFA dABG | (F<A) D2 D2 (AG) |  FDAD (3EFG CE | F2 D2 D2 :|
(3ABc | dedc AGAB | cdcA (3ABc | dedc AGEF | (E<G) C2 C2 (3ABc |
dedc ABAG | FEFG ABAG | FDAD (3EFG CE | F2 D2 D2 :||
FAQ

Questions about Son of Prosperity, The

  • Son of Prosperity, The is in D, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 97% 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. 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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