hornpipe · Key of D

Swinging around the circle

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Swinging around the circle"Swinging around the circleHornpipeanon. (Ireland)45020540402024545204520404202424502054040202454520542054200203333450554505545052505450232054205420545055450554505250545023205405545Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 947

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X:947
T:Swinging around the circle
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 947
R:Hornpipe
M:C
L:1/8
K:D
(FG)|ABAG F(DFA)|BAB(c dc)dB|AFdB A(FDF)|E(DEF) E2(FG)|ABAG F(DFA)|BAB(c dc)dB|A(dcB) AGFE|D2(DE) D2:|
|:(FG)|Ad (3(dcd) Ad (3(dcd)|Adf(d ed)cd|ef(gf ed)c(f|ed)c(B AGF)G|Ad (3(dcd) Ad (3(dcd)|Adf(d ed)cd|ef(gf e)dc(e|d2)dcd2:|
FAQ

Questions about Swinging around the circle

  • Swinging around the circle is in D, in C time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • 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. 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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