hornpipe · Key of A

Dick Sands' Hornpipe

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Dick Sands' Hornpipe"Dick Sands' HornpipeHornpipe302455040420542062260245040420620024Tenor Banjo355040420542062260504252600000Tenor Banjo5424206246024504045450205420620024Tenor Banjo33333575042425202540505260504252600000Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1777
ABC notation source
X:1777
T:Dick Sands' Hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 1777
R:Hornpipe
K:A
   ((3efg) | a>ae>c A>cf>e | d>cB>A G>BE>G | A>Bc>d e>cA>c | B>e^d>f e>ef>g  |
             a>ae>c A>cf>e | d>cB>A G>BE>G | A>ae>c f>dB>G | A2 (3.A.A.A A2 :|
|:    d>c  | B>cB>A G>EF>G | A>Bc>d e>cA>c | d>cd>e f>ed>c | B>e^d>f e>ef>g  |
((3aba) e>c ((3fgf) d>B |((3efd) c>A ((3ded) B>G |A>ae>c f>dB>G|A2 (3.A.A.A A2:|
FAQ

Questions about Dick Sands' Hornpipe

  • Dick Sands' Hornpipe is in A, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Moderate. 91% 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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