set dance · Key of G
The ace and deuce of pipering
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:956
T:The ace and deuce of pipering
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 956
R:Long dance, set dance
M:C
L:1/8
K:G
(dc)|B2cA (BG)cA|BdcA B2(AG)|d2ec d2ec|dfec dcBA|e2fd (ed)cA|Adde dcBA|BGcA B2(AG)|FGAB cBcA|
G2(ge) fdcA|FGAB ({d}c)AFG|.A(G{A}GF) G2FG|.A(G{A}GF) G2::(GF)|G2=f2 e2f2|G2(=fg) fdcA|G2g2 f2g2|d2(ga) gfdc|
A2=f2 e2f2|d^cde fefg|agfa gfdc|BGcA B2(AG)|G2(ge) fdcA|FGAB ({d}c)AFG|.A(G{A}GF) G2FG|.A(G{A}GF) G2:|FAQ
Questions about The ace and deuce of pipering
The ace and deuce of pipering is in G, in C time. The G 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 set dance, 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.