hornpipe · Key of A
Dick Sands' Hornpipe
Irish tenor banjo tab
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.