hornpipe · Key of G

The Cuckoo's Nest

O’Neill 1903 no. 1734

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Cuckoo's Nest"The Cuckoo's NestHornpipe5320255253253230532025450230053202552532532305320254503255235252525253205023040304032054205023532532305320254503255235332357352545501050235232523053202552532532305320254503255Book: O'Neill's 1734Notes:"2nd Setting" "collected by F. O'Neill"

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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. The G 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 2/4.

  • 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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