Key of G

The Piper's Despair

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Piper's Despair"The Piper's Despair33330450204023505235040400402350523504Tenor Banjo332450204023505235040400402005200Tenor Banjo037030703070305023552555255525Tenor Banjo30370307030703050235252023250325Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1657Notes:"collected by Hartnett"
ABC notation source
X:1657
T:The Piper's Despair
M:4/4
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 1657
N:"collected by Hartnett"
K:G
DFGA BAFA | (3Bcd A>d (3Bcd A>F | D2F-D ADFD | (3Bcd A>d (3Bcd A>F |
| EFG>A BAFA | (3Bcd A>d(3Bcd A>F | D2FD A2FA | Beed Bee2 :|
|: e2 g-e bege | bege bege | defg adfd | adfd adfd |
| e2 g-e bege | bege bege | defg afdf | (3efg fd ecBG :|
FAQ

Questions about The Piper's Despair

  • The Piper's Despair is in G, in 4/4 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 95% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.

  • 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.