hornpipe · Key of D

The Belles Of Clonallan

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Belles Of Clonallan"The Belles Of ClonallanHornpipe0000404540454042222525052505250000404540454042323054055525525552552505400400040040320255255525525027532054555Book: O'Neill's 1714

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X:1714
T:The Belles Of Clonallan
M:C|
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 1714
R:Hornpipe
K:D
   DD D2 DFAF | dFAF  dFAF | EE E2 EGBG | eGBG  eGBG   |
   DD D2 DFAF | dFAF  dFAF | Egfg  edce | d2 d2 d2 z2 :|
|: fd d2 fdad | fddf a2 ed | cA A2 cAeA | cAAc  egfe   |
   fd d2 fdad | fddf a2 A2 | Bbag  fedc | d2 d2 d2 z2 :|
FAQ

Questions about The Belles Of Clonallan

  • The Belles Of Clonallan is in D, in C| time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 99% 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 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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