Key of D

Alexander's Hornpipe

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Alexander's Hornpipe"Alexander's Hornpipe333302450400405254500232050545020542002450400405254500232054024525040504050525252520404040452525252405040505252525204032504525Book: O'Neill's 1683Notes:"collected by J.O'Neill"

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ABC notation source
X:1683
T:Alexander's Hornpipe
M:4/4
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 1683
N:"collected by J.O'Neill"
K:D
(3ABc \
| d>AF>AD>FA>d | f>dc>d A2e>f | g>fe>d e>dc>d | (3efe (3dcB A2 (3ABc |
| d>AF>AD>FA>d | f>dc>d A2 e>f | gfed cABc | d2f2d2 :|
|: A2 \
| F>Ad>A F>Ad>A | G>Bd>B G>Bd>B | A>ce>cA>ce>c | d>fa>f d>fa>f |
| F>Ad>A F>Ad>A | G>Bd>B G>Bd>B | A>ce>gf>de>c | d2 f2d2 :|
FAQ

Questions about Alexander's Hornpipe

  • Alexander's Hornpipe is in D, in 4/4 time. The D 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.

  • The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.

  • 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.