set dance · Key of G

The hunt

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The hunt"The huntLong dance, set danceanon. (Ireland)0502505253305320502052052005032050250525330532050205202555505023550111050002305505323235053200205333052002052502505253305320502052025555Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 976

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X:976
T:The hunt
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 976
R:Long dance, set dance
m:Tn2 = (3n/o/n/ m/n/
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
D2|GABG AGEG|Tc2(ce) dcBA|GABA GEDG|EAAG AcBA|GABG AGEG|Tc2(ce) dcBA|GABA GEDE|G2GGG2::D2|GABc d2(de)|
=f2f2f2(ed)|e2e2efge|d2ded2(cB)|cBcd edcB|A2ABA2G2|g2g2gedB|A2AB A2(GE)|GABG AGEG|Tc2(ce) dcBA|GABA GEDE|G2GGG2:|
FAQ

Questions about The hunt

  • The hunt is in G, in C| time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • 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 set dance, 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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