hornpipe · Key of A
The Devil's dream
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
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. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
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. 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.