hornpipe · Key of G
The spring garden
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:888 T:The spring garden C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 888 R:Hornpipe M:2/4 L:1/16 K:G (3(ABc)|dfdf ecAF|GFGB AFDC|B,DGF E2(cB)|(3(ABG) (3(FGE) D2(3(ABc)|dfdf ecAF|GFGB AFDC|B,DGF EcAF| G2G2G2::(cB)|AGAB cBcd|edef g2(3(def)|gfed cBAG|Add^c d2(3(ABc)|dfdf ecAF|GFGB AFDC|B,DGF EcAF|G2G2G2:|
FAQ
Questions about The spring garden
The spring garden is in G, in 2/4 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
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. 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.