hornpipe · Key of D

Balfe's Hornpipe

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A hornpipe runs 160 to 200 at a session. One click is a quarter note, not the eighth notes you are playing. Full metronome

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Balfe's Hornpipe"Balfe's HornpipeHornpipe33333333333024504520505452727532532050320545251097575320333333504520505452727532533200320545253330245257910910975797305450232375457502433333525791091097579753253205032054525Book: O'Neill's 1736Notes:"collected by Early"

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X:1736
T:Balfe's Hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
N:"collected by Early"
B:O'Neill's 1736
R:Hornpipe
K:D
((3ABc) | d>ec>d (3BAG (3AGF | G2 (f<b) (f<b)a>g | (3fag (3fed (3egf (3edc | (3dfa (3d'c'b (3aba (3gfe |
d>ec>d   (3BAG (3AGF | G2 (f<b) (f<b)a>g | (3fag (3gfe (3egf (3edc | d2 f2 d2 :|
|: ((3ABc) | d>f (3abc' d'>c'd'>c' | b>ab>c' b>ge>d | c>de>f g>fg>b | a>^ga>b a2 ((3ABc) |
d>f (3abc' d'>c'd'>c' | b>ab>c' b2 a>g | (3fag (3fed (3egf (3edc | d2 f2 d2 :|
FAQ

Questions about Balfe's Hornpipe

  • Balfe's Hornpipe is in D, in C| time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Advanced. 79% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 10.

  • It is a hornpipe, written in C|.

  • 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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