hornpipe · Key of G

The cuckoo's nest

O’Neill 1907 no. 913

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The cuckoo's nest"The cuckoo's nestHornpipeanon. (Ireland)5320205253253230532025450230053202052532532305320254503255235252525253205023040304032054205023532532305320254503255235332357352545501050235232523053202052532532305320254503255Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 913

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X:913
T:The cuckoo's nest
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 913
R:Hornpipe
M:2/4
L:1/16
K:G
(dc)|BABA GBdg|fdcB cedc|BABG FGAB|c2A2 A2(dc)|BABA GBdg|fdcB cedc|BABG FGAc|B2G2G2:|
|:(Bc)|dBGB dBGB|dcBA G2(AB)|cAFA cAFA|cBAG F2(BA)|GABc d2g2|fdcB cedc|BABG FGAc|B2G2G2:|
|:(Bc)|dggf gabg|afd^c d2(de)|=fede ^fgaf|gfdB cedc|BABA GBdg|fdcB cedc|BABG FGAc|B2G2G2:|
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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