hornpipe · Key of G

The widow Catwell's fancy

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The widow Catwell's fancy"The widow Catwell's fancyHornpipeanon. (Ireland)33333052555252025452032054555252200003052555252025452032052530304555332353353353305320575320532502323052555252025452032052530304555Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 912

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X:912
T:The widow Catwell's fancy
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 912
R:Hornpipe
m:~n2 = o/4n/m/4n
M:2/4
L:1/16
K:G
(ge)|dBGG GBdB|(3ABG (3FGE DcBA|GFGG GBdB|BAAA A2(ge)|dBGG GBdB|(3ABG (3FGE DcBA|GBdg ecAF|G2G2G2:|
|:(Bc)|dg~g2 dg~g2|dg~g2 edcB|Aa({b}a)g fedc|Bdef gfge|dBGG GBdB|(3ABG (3FGE DcBA|GBdg ecAF|G2G2G2:|
FAQ

Questions about The widow Catwell's fancy

  • The widow Catwell'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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