hornpipe · Key of G

The Cuckoo's Nest

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Cuckoo's Nest"The Cuckoo's NestHornpipe5320255253253230532025450230053Tenor Banjo202552532532305320254503255Tenor Banjo23525252525320502304030403205420Tenor Banjo5023532532305320254503255Tenor Banjo235332357352545501050235232523053Tenor Banjo202552532532305320254503255Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1734Notes:"2nd Setting" "collected by F. O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X:1734
T:The Cuckoo's Nest
M:2/4
L:1/16
N:"2nd Setting" "collected by F. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1734
R:Hornpipe
K:G
   (dc) | BABG GBdg | fdcB   cedc  |  BABG  FGAB | c2A2 A2(dc) |
          BABG GBdg | fdcB   cedc  |  BABG  FGAc | B2G2 G2    :|
|: (Bc) | dBGB dBGB | dcBA  G2(AB) |  cAFA  cAFA | cBAG F2(BA) |
          GABc d2g2 | fdcB   cedc  |  BABG  FGAc | B2G2 G2    :|
|: (Bc) | dggf gabg | afd^c d2(de) | =fede ^fgaf | gfdB cedc   |
          BABG GBdg | fdcB   cedc  |  BABG  FGAc | B2G2 G2    :|
FAQ

Questions about The Cuckoo's Nest

  • The Cuckoo's Nest is in G, in 2/4 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • 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 2/4.

  • 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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