hornpipe · Key of G

Wandering Willy

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Wandering Willy"Wandering WillyHornpipe532505232060232023532352300532505232060235035323032552353230525054504575323052300235323052505450503532303255Book: O'Neill's 1743Notes:"collected by J. O'Neill"

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X:1743
T:Wandering Willy
M:2/4
L:1/16
N:"collected by J. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1743
R:Hornpipe
K:G
   (dc) | BGDG  B2cB  | A^GAB c2(BA) | Bgdg BgdB | c2A2 A2(dc) |
          BGDG B2(cB) | A^GAB  c2d2  | egdg BgAc | B2G2 G2    :|
|: (Bc) | dgfg  edBd  | ea^ga e2(ga) | bagf gedB | c2A2 A2(Bc) |
          dgfg  edBd  | ea^ga  e2d2  | egdg BgAc | B2G2 G2    :|
FAQ

Questions about Wandering Willy

  • Wandering Willy is in G, in 2/4 time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 97% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • 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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