hornpipe · Key of G
Corney Drew's hornpipe
O’Neill 1907 no. 903
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:903 T:Corney Drew's hornpipe C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 903 R:Hornpipe M:2/4 L:1/16 K:G (3DEF|G2GF GABd|e2de gedB|edef gedB|AGAB AcBA|G2GF GABd|e2de gedB|egde BdAB|G2GG G2:| |:(3def|g2fg a2ga|bgaf gfed|cBcd agfe|d^cde d2(3def|g2fg a2ga|bgaf gfed|(3def de BdAB|G2GG G2:|
FAQ
Questions about Corney Drew's hornpipe
Corney Drew's hornpipe is in G, in 2/4 time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.
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 2/4.
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.