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The sunshine hornpipe

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The sunshine hornpipe"The sunshine hornpipeHornpipeanon. (Ireland)3333333450504040452062040404525404252040624224505400420Tenor Banjo3333620404045254042526260504024526226245262545Tenor Banjo3333330404020450404054525252054206020642450525402605040Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 952
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X:952
T:The sunshine hornpipe
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 952
R:Hornpipe
M:C
L:1/8
K:A
(cd)|(3(eae) (3(cec) (3(Aca) ED|(CE)Ac e(cAc)|(3(dfd) (3(cec) (3(BdB) (3(AcA)|GBFB E2(cd)|(e>a)c>e (A>c)E>D|
C(EAc) e(cAc)|(3(dfd) (3(cec) (3(BdB) (3(GBG)|A(aec) A2::(Bc)|dBGB E(GBc)|d(BGB) d2(cd)|
ec (3(AcA) (EA)cd|ec (3Ace a2ga|f(dBd) (3(fed) (3(cBA)|(3(GAB) (3(AGF) E2(cd)|eaf(d cA)BG|A(aec) A2:|
FAQ

Questions about The sunshine hornpipe

  • The sunshine hornpipe is in A, in C time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Moderate. 92% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.

  • It is a hornpipe, written in C.

  • 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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