hornpipe · Key of D

The golden vale

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The golden vale"The golden valeHornpipeanon. (Ireland)33330245555025545042555332054502054202540Tenor Banjo33555502554504255020230450505452352523205020520545Tenor Banjo3302023205245020235252320502052054502023045050545Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 873
ABC notation source
X:873
T:The golden vale
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 873
R:Hornpipe
m:~n2 = o/4n/m/4n
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
(3(ABc)|(3ddd d>A B>G ~G2|F>GA>c B>G~G2|({a}g2) g>f e>dc>d|(3(efe) (3(dcB) A>B({d}(c)A)|
(3ddd d>A B>G ~G2|F>GA>c B>GG2|A>fe>f g>ec>d|e>d({e}(d)c) d2::(fg)|a>fd>f g>fe>d|(3(efe) d>B A>GF>G|
A>fe>f g>fe>d|(3(Bcd) e>f e2f>g|a>fd>f g>fe>d|(3efe d>B A>GF>G|A>fe>f g>ec>d|e>d({e}(d)c) d2:|
FAQ

Questions about The golden vale

  • The golden vale is in D, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Very easy. 100% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 5.

  • 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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