hornpipe · Key of A

The Devil's dream

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Devil's dream"The Devil's dreamhornpipeanon. (Ireland)005450545054520545222522252224205054505450545205452054026200040004000400020545222522252225205400040004000205452054026200040204000400020545262522050245420402040004040205452054026200Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 815

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X:815
T:The Devil's dream
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 815
R:hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
K:A
e2 | eaga eaga | eaga fedc | dfBf dfBf | dfBf (gfed) |eaga eaga | eaga fedc | dfed cABG | E2 A2 A2 :|
|: e2 | ceAe ceAe | ceAe fedc | dfBf dfBf | dfBf afed |ceAe ceAe | ceAe fedc | dfed cABG | E2 A2 A2 :|
|: e2 | cAEA cAeA | cAeA fedc | dBGB dBfe | defg agfe |cAEA cAeA | cAce fedc | dfed cABG | E2 A2 A2 :|
FAQ

Questions about The Devil's dream

  • The Devil's dream is in A, in C| time. The A major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 98% 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. 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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