hornpipe · Key of A
The clover blossom
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:869 T:The clover blossom C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 869 R:Hornpipe M:C| L:1/8 K:A (3(efg)|a(ece) Ace(a|f)dBG A2(Bc)|def(e d)cBA|GBAF E2(3(efg)|a(ece) Ace(a|f)dBG A2(Bc)|df(ed c)ABG|E2A2A2:| |:(ed)|ceA(e ce)Ae|dfB(f df)Bf|ceA(e ce)Ac|B(AGF) E2(ed)|ceA(e ce)Ac|d(cde) fgaf|eae(d c)ABG|E2A2A2:|
FAQ
Questions about The clover blossom
The clover blossom is in A, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Easy. 95% 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.