hornpipe · Key of G
Thirty years ago
O’Neill 1907 no. 860
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:860
T:Thirty years ago
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 860
R:Hornpipe
M:2/4
L:1/16
K:G
(Bc)|dBeB dBAB|GFGA GDGA|BGBd cBAG|FGAF D2(Bc)|dBeB dBAB|GFGA GABc|defe dcAF|G2({A}G)F G2:|
|:(3(DEF)|GFGA B2(AG)| FGAF DEFD|GFGA B2(AG)|Adde dcBA|GFGA B2(AG)|FGAB c2(Bc)|defe dcAF|G2({A}G)F G2:|FAQ
Questions about Thirty years ago
Thirty years ago 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.