hornpipe · Key of Gm

The drunken sailor

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The drunken sailor"The drunken sailorHornpipeanon. (Ireland)3014505013531053023535013030531055450135310530231531015550131350130130310333533303305310110135013013030531531015515353235310501333533313335310533235310535103153015503515151513030303051515151310535035151515130303503510315301551535363536131513153536353615305130151503031015323651031530155Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 948

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ABC notation source
X:948
T:The drunken sailor
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 948
R:Hornpipe
m:Tg3 = g(3g/a/g/ ^f/g/
m:TG3 = G(3G/A/G/ ^F/G/
m:TF3 = F(3F/G/F/ =E/F/
m:Tn3 = n(3n/o/n/ m/n/
M:C
L:1/8
K:Gm
(3(DE^F)|TG3(A GA)Bc|dcBA G(FD=E)|TF3G F(GAB)|cAFA d(cBA)|G2(G^F) GAB(c|d)cBA G(FD=E)|F2f2 d(cBA)B2G2G2:|
|:(GA)|TB3(c Bc)d=e|f(cAB) cAF(B|AF)cF dFcF|AFcA d(cBA)|B2(BA) Bcd=e|f(cAB) cAFA|G2(gf) d(cBA)|B2G2G2:|
|:(Bd)|Tg3(a g2)^fg|a(gf=e) Td3e|fcgc acgc|fcgc a(gf=e)|d2g2 g2(^fg)|a(gf=e) d2c2|df=e(g fd)cA|B2G2G2:|
|:(D=F)|G(BdB) GBdB|F(AcA) FAcA|G(BdB) GBdB|cBA(G FG)AF|G(BdB) GBdB|FAc(A FG)Ac|df=e(g fd)cA|B2G2G2:|
|:(Bd)|g(dgb) gdgb|f(cfa) fcfa|g(dgb) gdgb|fdc(A dB)cA|BGB(d AF)Ac|BAB(d c=B)ce|df=e(g fd)cA|B2G2G2:|
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Questions about The drunken sailor

  • The drunken sailor is in Gm, in C time. The G minor 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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