hornpipe · Key of G

The Queen of May

O’Neill 1907 no. 909

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Queen of May"The Queen of MayHornpipeanon. (Ireland)2352305320053053203053205405202352305320053053205230250455553200405253053053520040525305305375372503523025035203200405555Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 909

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ABC notation source
X:909
T:The Queen of May
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 909
R:Hornpipe
M:2/4
L:1/16
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. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • 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. 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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