Key of D

Fisher's Hornpipe (1st Setting)

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Fisher's Hornpipe (1st Setting)"Fisher's Hornpipe (1st Setting)(Collected from MacNamara)3024504052054004520540523205400024504052054004520540502526000045054502302550235205420320542405433255552452044440240245025260000

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ABC notation source
X:1575
T:Fisher's Hornpipe (1st Setting)
C:(Collected from MacNamara)
M:C|
K:D
((3ABc)|dAFA GBAG|FADF GBAG|FAdf gfed|ce A2 A2 (Bc)|
dAFA GBAG|FADF GBAG|FAdA BGEC|D2 DD D2 :|
|:(cd)|edcd efge|fdde fgaf|edcB Agfe|dcBc A2 (dc)|
B>G (3.G.G.G BcdB|A>F (3.F.F.F ABcA|BcdA BGEC|D2 DD D2 :|
FAQ

Questions about Fisher's Hornpipe (1st Setting)

  • Fisher's Hornpipe (1st Setting) is in D, in C| time. The D 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 6.

  • The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.

  • 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.