hornpipe · Key of D

Chief O'Neill's Hornpipe

Also known as ro.ga an taoisai.g ui niall

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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 "Chief O'Neill's Hornpipe."Chief O'Neill's Hornpipe.ro.ga an taoisai.g ui niall.Hornpipe502023523025055405424045024054050202352302545540542405205400024240450240524052055025054054050202352302505540542405205400Book: O'Neill's 1556Notes:"Collected from Cronin"

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X:1556
T:Chief O'Neill's Hornpipe.
T:ro.ga an taoisai.g ui niall.
N:"Collected from Cronin"
R:Hornpipe
B:O'Neill's 1556
M:C|
K:D
(de)|fef(g af)ge|fde(ddc)AG|(FE)(FD) FGA(B|c)AdcA2 (de)|
fef(g af)ge|fdc(d dc)AG|(FE)(FD) GBAG|F2 D2 D2:|
(DE)|(FEF)(D FG)AB|cAd(B cA)GB|Add(e fd)ed|c(Adc) A2(de)|
fef(g af)ge|fde(d dc)AG|(FE)(FD) GBAG|F2 D2 D2:|
FAQ

Questions about Chief O'Neill's Hornpipe

  • Chief O'Neill's Hornpipe is in D, in C| 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.

  • 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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