hornpipe · Key of G

The Widow Cantwell's Fancy

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Widow Cantwell's Fancy"The Widow Cantwell's FancyHornpipe33305255525202545203205455525220000303352555252025452032052530304555235335335330532057532053250232303352555252025452032052530304555Book: O'Neill's 1732Notes:"collected by Mrs. Cantwell"

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X:1732
T:The Widow Cantwell's Fancy
M:2/4
L:1/16
N:"collected by Mrs. Cantwell"
B:O'Neill's 1732
R:Hornpipe
K:G
   (ge) | dBGG  GBdB  | (3ABG (3FGE DcBA |   GFGG  GBdB | BAAA A2(ge) |
          dBGG  GBdB  | (3ABG (3FGE DcBA |   GBdg  ecAF | G2G2 G2    :|
|: (Bc) | dg~g2 dg~g2 |    dg~g2    edcB | Aa{b}ag fedc | Bdef gfge   |
          dBGG  GBdB  | (3ABG (3FGE DcBA |   GBdg  ecAF | G2G2 G2    :|
FAQ

Questions about The Widow Cantwell's Fancy

  • The Widow Cantwell's Fancy 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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