hornpipe · Key of G

The Southern Shore

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Southern Shore"The Southern ShoreHornpipe33055250304502505425023205405320532055250304502505420532054055054054520540545205450230405450553232052030205405203205320525Book: O'Neill's 1740Notes:"collected by J. O'Neill"

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X:1740
T:The Southern Shore
M:2/4
L:1/16
N:"collected by J. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1740
R:Hornpipe
K:G
    D2  | GdBG  AcAF | GABG  D2(GF) | EGAB  cBAG | FAdc (3fed (3cBA |
          GdBG  AcAF | GABG  D2(GF) | Eedc  BAGF | A2G2   G2       :|
|: (AG) | FAd^c dBAG | FAd^c  dfed  | ^cdef gece | d^cde d2(d=c)    |
          BcBA  GBec | ABAG   FAdf  | egfe  dcBA | G2B2   G2       :|
FAQ

Questions about The Southern Shore

  • The Southern Shore 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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