hornpipe · Key of A
Bill Ellis' Hornpipe
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:1722
T:Bill Ellis' Hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
N:"collected by J. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1722
R:Hornpipe
K:A
c>d | e>^de>c a>ga>e | c'>bc'>e a>ga>e | f>gf>e d>cB>A | (3FGB (3egb e'2 c>d |
e>^de>c a>ga>e | c'>bc'>e a>ga>e | (3fag (3fed c>BA>G | B2 A2 A2 :|
|: B>c | d>cd>B (3bag (3fed | c>Bc>A (3agf (3edc | B>AB>d (3gfe (3dcB | A>ce>f e2 c>d |
| e>^de>c a>ga>e | c'>bc'>e a>ga>e (3fag (3fed c>BA>G | B2 A2 A2 :|FAQ
Questions about Bill Ellis' Hornpipe
Bill Ellis' Hornpipe is in A, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Harder. 86% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 12.
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.