hornpipe · Key of G

The quarrelsome piper

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The quarrelsome piper"The quarrelsome piperhornpipeanon. (Ireland)333333245054542420202052052452520530532050532033333333505454242020205205245252053045204520223232232023202232333333333500202002053205053205054542420202052052452520530452045Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 814

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X:814
T:The quarrelsome piper
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 814
R:hornpipe
M:2/4
L:1/16
K:G
(EF) | (3GAG (3FGF (3EFE (3DED | B>DG>B A>GE>F | G>Bd>f e>dc>A | G>gf>e (3ded (3cBA |
(3GAG (3FGF (3EFE (3DED | B>DG>B A>GE>F | G>Bd>f e>d (3cAF |\
G>BA>F G2 ||B2 | e>B (3BcB g>B (3BcB | e>Bg>B e>B (3BcB |
d>A (3ABA f>A (3ABA | d>gf>e (3ded (3cBA |(3GAG (3FGF (3EFE (3DED |\
B>DG>B A>GE>F | G>Bd>f e>d (3cAF | G>BA>F G2|]
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Questions about The quarrelsome piper

  • The quarrelsome piper is in G, in 2/4 time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Very easy. 100% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 5.

  • It is a hornpipe, written in 2/4.

  • 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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