hornpipe · Key of A

Gillespie's hornpipe

O’Neill 1907 no. 917

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Gillespie's hornpipe"Gillespie's hornpipeHornpipeanon. (Ireland)054204206205452040622224520545205420220620545204060245024500450545054505452040602454502054245054505450545204060245024500Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 917

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X:917
T:Gillespie's hornpipe
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 917
R:Hornpipe
M:2/4
L:1/16
K:A
(ed)|cBAc BAGB|Aaga fecA|GBEB Bcdf|edcd B2(ed)|cBAB BAGB|Aaga fecA|GABc defg|a2A2A2:|
|:(cd)|eaga eaga|eaga fecA|GABc dcde|fedc B2(cd)|eaga eaga|eaga fecA|GABc defg|a2A2A2:|
FAQ

Questions about Gillespie's hornpipe

  • Gillespie's hornpipe is in A, in 2/4 time. The A major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 95% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.

  • 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.

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