hornpipe · Key of G

The old story-teller

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The old story-teller"The old story-tellerHornpipeanon. (Ireland)3302455023523235050232305252320540045502352532350503735253040555Tenor Banjo33335025323573525323503025323573523502335753253205205330525253230304555Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 924
ABC notation source
X:924
T:The old story-teller
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 924
R:Hornpipe
M:2/4
L:1/16
K:G
(3DEF|G2GA BcdB|cBcd e2(3def|gfge dBGB|cBAG FADF|G2GA BcdB|{d}cBcd edeg|bgdB {d}cAFD|G2G2G2:|
|:(3def|{a}gfga bgdB|{d}cBcd ecAf|{a}gfga bgdB|cdef g2ga|(3bag fa (3gfe df|(3edc ge dBGB|dgfg ecAF|G2G2G2:|
FAQ

Questions about The old story-teller

  • The old story-teller is in G, in 2/4 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 97% 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.

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