hornpipe · Key of G

The top of the morning

O’Neill 1907 no. 821

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The top of the morning"The top of the morninghornpipeanon. (Ireland)30245450502304050232305252054202405450502304050232305202555502323505320235255450205050530454505023040502323052025555Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 821

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X:821
T:The top of the morning
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 821
R:hornpipe
M:2/4
L:1/16
K:G
(3DEF | G>FG>A G2A>B | c>AF>A G2A>B | c>Bc>e d>BG>B | A>GF>E D>EF>D |G>FG>A G2A>B |
c>AF>A G2A>B | c>Bc>e d>BA>B | G2G>G G2 :: (A>B) | c>Bc>d e2d>c | B>AB>c d2B>G |
G>FG>A B2A>G | A2d>e d>cA>F | G>FG>A G2A>B | c>AF>A G2A>B | c>Bc>e d>BA>B | G2G>G G2 :|
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Questions about The top of the morning

  • The top of the morning 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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