reel · 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 despairReelanon. (Ireland)333324502040235052350404000402350523504Tenor Banjo332450204023505235040400402005200030703070307030Tenor Banjo3502355255525552503070307030703050235252023250325Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 769
ABC notation source
X:769
T:The piper's despair
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 769
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
EFGA BAFA|(3(Bcd) Ad (3(Bcd) AF|D2FD ADFD|(3(Bcd) Ad (3(Bcd) AF|
EFGA BAFA|(3(Bcd) Ad (3(Bcd) AF|D2FD A2FA|Beed Bee2||e2(ge) bege|bege bege|
defg adfd|adfd adfd|e2(ge) bege|bege bege|defg afdf|(3(efg) fd ecBG|]
FAQ

Questions about The piper's despair

  • The piper's despair is in G, in C| 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.

  • It is a reel, 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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