hornpipe · Key of G
The Mullingar races
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:834
T:The Mullingar races
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 834
R:hornpipe
M:2/4
L:1/16
K:G
D2 | GABG ABcA | defe dcBA | BcBG ABAG | FGAB cAFD |\
GABG ABcA | defd dcBA | B2d2 cAGF | D(G{A}GF) G2 :|
(3def | g2eg f2ed | gage f2(ed) | defg abag | f2dd (de)dc |\
B2BG AFD2 | BdBG ABcA | defd cAGF | D(G{A}GF) G2 :|FAQ
Questions about The Mullingar races
The Mullingar races is in G, in 2/4 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
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 hornpipe, written in 2/4.
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.