hornpipe · Key of A

The fiddler's contest

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The fiddler's contest"The fiddler's contestHornpipeanon. (Ireland)450502040450245452054204042024245050204045024545205420542050Tenor Banjo0420024005422452225024545205420246200240042024502454520542050Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 901
ABC notation source
X:901
T:The fiddler's contest
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 901
R:Hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
K:A
(cd)|edef ecAc|defg agaf|eagf ecAc|BABc B2(cd)|edef ecAc|defg agaf|eagf edcB|A2a2A2:|
|:(AF)|EAAB cAea|FBBc dBfB|defg agaf|edcB AEFG|EAAB cAec|BABc defg|agaf edcB|A2a2A2|]
FAQ

Questions about The fiddler's contest

  • The fiddler's contest is in A, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 99% 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.

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