hornpipe · Key of G

Whistling Mike

O’Neill 1907 no. 887

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Whistling Mike"Whistling MikeHornpipeanon. (Ireland)33302450235232023052523053205205420024502352320230525230532050205533335023525052535250525320532054054200245023523202305252305320502055Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 887

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X:887
T:Whistling Mike
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 887
R:Hornpipe
M:2/4
L:1/16
K:G
(3(DEF)|GABc dBgf|efge dBGB|cedc BAGB|AGFE D2(3(DEF)|GABc dBgf|efge dBGB|cedc B>A (3(GAB)|A2G2G2:|
|:(3(def)|gdBd edBd|gdBd edBd|gfed cBAG|F>A (3(GFE) D2(3(DEF)|GABc dBgf|efge dBGB|cedc B>A (3(GAB)|A2G2G2:|
FAQ

Questions about Whistling Mike

  • Whistling Mike 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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