hornpipe · Key of G

The little stack of barley

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The little stack of barley"The little stack of barleyHornpipeanon. (Ireland)3250205205205250320545020235000250232025205250320545025025555Tenor Banjo3350250232353230353205202350000250235232052050320545025025555Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 858
ABC notation source
X:858
T:The little stack of barley
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 858
R:Hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
(B>d)|e>fed BedB|AGEG AcBA|GFGA BA (3(Bcd)|e2A2 A2(B>d)|efgf efdB|AGEG AcBA|GFGA BdAB|G2GGG2:|
|:GA|Bdef g2(fg)|agfg egd2|gfed B>A (3(Bcd)|e2AA A2(Bd)|(3(efg) af g2(fe)|d>BAG AcBA|G>FGA BdAB|G2GG G2:|
FAQ

Questions about The little stack of barley

  • The little stack of barley is in G, 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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