reel · Key of D

The hornless cow

O’Neill 1907 no. 686

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The hornless cow"The hornless cowReelanon. (Ireland)400454204004502540045252052054204004542040045025400452520404205252323052520225252323052520552523230525202250235272525205Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 686

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X:686
T:The hornless cow
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 686
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
FAAF GFED|FAAc dABG|FAAF GBdB|Adfe dcBA|FAAF GFED|FAAc dABG|FAAF GBdB|AFDF E2D2||
afdf gfge|afdf (eB)B2|afdf gfge|afdf e2d2|afdf gfge|afdf (eB)B2|defg afbf|afdf e2d2|]
FAQ

Questions about The hornless cow

  • The hornless cow is in D, in C| time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 99% 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 reel, written in C|.

  • 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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