hornpipe · Key of A

The handsome plowboy

O’Neill 1907 no. 907

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The handsome plowboy"The handsome plowboyHornpipeanon. (Ireland)20004206225420004054205420600042062254205054205400302450405040525252527404740454205420400040005222522240420526000Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 907

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X:907
T:The handsome plowboy
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 907
R:Hornpipe
M:2/4
L:1/16
K:A
E2|A2A2 AcBA|G2B2 BdcB|A2A2 Acea|gfed cBAG|A2A2 AcBA|G2B2 BdcB|Adea gfed|c2A2A2:|
|:(3(efg)|aece aece|afdf afdf|bgeg bgeg|agfe dcBA|ceAe|ceAe dfBf dfBf|cegf edBG|A2A2A2:|
FAQ

Questions about The handsome plowboy

  • The handsome plowboy is in A, in 2/4 time. The A major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • 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. 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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