hornpipe · Key of G

The first of June

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The first of June"The first of JuneHornpipeanon. (Ireland)333235530555305045054020532453205053203355305553053253352520024533023532302023723023575320520320502352302523525052452520024533Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 844

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ABC notation source
X:844
T:The first of June
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 844
R:Hornpipe
m:~n2 = o/4n/m/4n
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
(B>c)|d>dc>A (3ddd c>A|~G2 A>F G2 A>G|F>Af>e d>cE>F|G>gf>e (3ded (3cBA|
d>dc>A (3ddd c>A|G>gf>a g2 g2|d>BG>E D>DE>F|G2 g2 g2::(e>f)|\
(3gag f>g e>Be>f|g>bf>g e2 f>g|
a>ba>g f>ed>f|e>gf>e d2 e>f|g>af>g e>fd>f|g>dB>G A>GE>F|\
G>BG>E D>DE>F|G2 g2 g2:|
FAQ

Questions about The first of June

  • The first of June is in G, in C| time. The G 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 7.

  • 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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