hornpipe · Key of D

The flowers of spring

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The flowers of spring"The flowers of springHornpipeanon. (Ireland)3335202040042202040525752523204542054250540042202040525752506205400Tenor Banjo33333333450505452505457535250545045405040542062205555255557535250545045406205400Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 891
ABC notation source
X:891
T:The flowers of spring
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 891
R:Hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
(dB)|(3ABA FA DFA,E|(3DED FA dfab|afdf gfec|dcBA GFEd|AdFA DFA,E|(3DED FA dfab|afdA CEAG|F2D2D2:|
|:(F>G)|A>d ({e}(3dcd) f>(d {e}(3dcd)|baga f>(d {e}(3dcd)|(3Acd F>A dAFA|GFED CEA,2|A>d (3ddd f>d (3ddd|baga f>(d {e}(3dcd)|(3Acd FD CEAG|F2D2D2:|
FAQ

Questions about The flowers of spring

  • The flowers of spring is in D, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 95% 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. 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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