Key of G

Bill Black's Hornpipe

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Bill Black's Hornpipe"Bill Black's Hornpipe33335325253532037320532525352502545205325253532037320532525203040555Tenor Banjo23532052530333505320353255502Tenor Banjo33333333022225023053202525203040555Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1678Notes:"collected by J.O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X:1678
T:Bill Black's Hornpipe
M:4/4
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 1678
N:"collected by J.O'Neill"
K:G
d>c \
| B>GB>d g>dc>B | A>cb>gf>ed>c | B>GB>d g>dB>G | (3ABG (3FGE D2 d>c \
| B>GB>dg>dc>B | A>cb>gf>ed>c | (3BdB G>B (3AcAF>A | G2G2G2 :|
| B>c \
| d>cB>A G>Bd>g | e2c2c2c>d | e>dc>BA>ca>g | f2d>dd2 e>f |
| (3ggg g>e (3ffff>d | e>fg>ed>cB>A | (3BdBG>B (3AcAF>A | G2 G2 G2 :|
FAQ

Questions about Bill Black's Hornpipe

  • Bill Black's Hornpipe is in G, in 4/4 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 98% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

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

  • 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.