hornpipe · Key of G

The Queen Of May

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Queen Of May"The Queen Of MayHornpipe23523053200530532030532054052023Tenor Banjo5230532005305320523025045555Tenor Banjo3200405253053053520040525305305375Tenor Banjo372503523025035203200405555Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1728Notes:"collected by F. O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X:1728
T:The Queen Of May
M:2/4
L:1/16
N:"collected by F. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1728
R:Hornpipe
K:G
   (Bc) | dBcA Ggfe | edce d2(cB) |  Aced  cBAG | FAGE D2(Bc) |
          dBcA Ggfe | edce  dgfe  |  dBcA  BGAF | G2GG G2    :|
|: (cB) | ADFA GBdg | edce  dgdB  |  ADFA  GBdg | edce dgba   |
          gbfa egdf | ceBd  AcGB  | A2(cB) ADFA | G2GG G2    :|
FAQ

Questions about The Queen Of May

  • The Queen Of May is in G, in 2/4 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 98% 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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