hornpipe · Key of F

The Merry Gardener

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A hornpipe runs 160 to 200 at a session. One click is a quarter note, not the eighth notes you are playing. Full metronome

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Merry Gardener"The Merry GardenerHornpipe0153050302350311353153030530351053202350351031053053510533331030315310315350153010130310531031563035130313103135152333Book: O'Neill's 1761Notes:"collected by J. O'Neill"

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X:1761
T:The Merry Gardener
M:C|
L:1/8
N:"collected by J. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1761
R:Hornpipe
K:F
   A>B | {d}c>AG>A F2 D>E | F>GA>c    f2 f>g | a>gf>d c>AF>A | d>cA>F G>BA>G |
            F>ED>E F>GA>c | d>fe>g    f2 e>d | c>AG>F G>BA>G | F2 F2  F2    :|
|: c>B |    A>FA>c f>ag>f | e>gf>d    c2 d>e | f>dc>A B>AB>c | A>FB>A G2 c>B |
            A>cf>a b>ge>c | a>fc>A {c}B2 c>B | A>cf>c d>BG>E | F2 F2  F2    :|
FAQ

Questions about The Merry Gardener

  • The Merry Gardener is in F, in C| time.

  • Easy. 99% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.

  • It is a hornpipe, 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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