hornpipe · 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 hornpipeHornpipeanon. (Ireland)3353252535320373205325253525020454053Tenor Banjo3325253532037320532525203040555235320525303335Tenor Banjo3333053203532555023333022225023053202525203040555Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 886
ABC notation source
X:886
T:Bill Black's hornpipe
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 886
R:Hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
d>c|B>GB>d g>dc>B|A>cb>g f>ed>c|B>GB>d g>dB>G|(3ABA (3FGF D2 d>c|
B>GB>d g>dc>B|A>cb>g f>ed>c|(3BdB G>B (3AcA F>A|G2G2G2::B>c|d>cB>A G>Bd>g|e2c2c2c>d|
e>dc>B A>ca>g|f2d>d d2e>f|(3ggg g>e (3fff f>d|e>fg>e d>cB>A|(3BdB G>B (3AcA F>A|G2G2G2:|
FAQ

Questions about Bill Black's hornpipe

  • Bill Black's hornpipe is in G, in C| 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.

  • It is a hornpipe, written in C|.

  • 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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