hornpipe · Key of D

The heather glen

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The heather glen"The heather glenHornpipeanon. (Ireland)05424505020245450250452042220542450502024545025045205400Tenor Banjo3202352520400542024520540020545020502024545025045205400Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 819
ABC notation source
X:819
T:The heather glen
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 819
R:Hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
(AG)|FEFG A2(GA)|BABc dcde|fdec dBAF|B2E2 E2(AG)|FEFG A2(GA)|BABc dcde|fdec dBAG|F2D2 D2:|
|:g2|fefg afdf|ecA2 A2dc|BABc dfed|c2A2 ABAG|FGAB A2(GA)|BABc dcde|fdec dBAG|F2D2 D2:|
FAQ

Questions about The heather glen

  • The heather glen 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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