hornpipe · Key of A

The Handsome Plowboy

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Handsome Plowboy"The Handsome PlowboyHornpipe200042062254200040542054206Tenor Banjo00042062254204054205400Tenor Banjo302450405040525252527404740454205420Tenor Banjo400040005222522240420526000Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1723Notes:"collected by J. O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X:1723
T:The Handsome Plowboy
M:2/4
L:1/16
N:"collected by J. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1723
R:Hornpipe
K:A
      E2   | A2A2 AcBA | G2B2 BdcB | A2A2 Acea | gfed cBAG |
             A2A2 AcBA | G2B2 BdcB | Acea gfed | c2A2  A2 :|
|: ((3efg) | aece aece | afdf afdf | bgeg bgeg | agfe dcBA |
             ceAe ceAe | dfBf dfBf | cegf edBG | A2A2  A2 :|
FAQ

Questions about The Handsome Plowboy

  • The Handsome Plowboy is in A, in 2/4 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 2/4.

  • 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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