hornpipe · Key of A

The Fiddlers' Contest

O’Neill 1903 no. 1711

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Fiddlers' Contest"The Fiddlers' ContestHornpipe4506020404502454520542040420242450602040450245452054205420500420024004422452225024545205420246200240002024502454520542050Book: O'Neill's 1711Notes:"collected by Cronin"

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X:1711
T:The Fiddlers' Contest
M:C|
L:1/8
N:"collected by Cronin"
B:O'Neill's 1711
R:Hornpipe
K:A
   (cd) | e^def ecAc | defg agaf | eagf ecAc | BABc  B2 (cd) |
          e^def ecAc | defg agaf | eagf edcB | A2 a2 A2     :|
|: (AF) | EAAB  cAec | FBBc dBfB | defg agaf | edcB  AEFG    |
          EAAB  cAeA | BABc defg | agaf edcB | A2 a2 A2     :|
FAQ

Questions about The Fiddlers' Contest

  • The Fiddlers' Contest 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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