hornpipe · Key of A

The First Of May

O’Neill 1903 no. 1708

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The First Of May"The First Of MayHornpipe062002424054502024054520540646620024240545020240545204000024552440242500545024205406466200242405450202405452040000Book: O'Neill's 1708Notes:"collected by F. O'Neill"

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X:1708
T:The First Of May
M:2/4
L:1/16
N:"collected by F. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1708
R:Hornpipe
K:A
   (AG) | EAAB cBcA | dcde f2(ef) | gedc dfed | cAGF G2G2 |
          EAAB cBcA | dcde f2(ef) | gedc dfec | A2AA A2  :|
|: (fg) | a2af g2ge | fgfd e2(ed) | cdef gfed | cAGF G2G2 |
          EAAB cBcA | dcde f2(ef) | gedc dfec | A2AA A2  :|
FAQ

Questions about The First Of May

  • The First Of May is in A, in 2/4 time. The A major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Moderate. 94% 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 2/4.

  • 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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