Key of G

Gilmore's Hornpipe

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Gilmore's Hornpipe"Gilmore's Hornpipe2552552350353523523035045205320Tenor Banjo5525523503535235023503255Tenor Banjo25325525325305258735230523002Tenor Banjo532552532530525873523053255Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1662
ABC notation source
X:1662
T:Gilmore's Hornpipe
M:2/4
L:1/16
B:O'Neill's 1662
K:G
B-A \
| G2G-A BdGB | cdec dgGB | caBgAgGe | Fdfe dcBA |
| G2G-A BdGB | cdec dgGB | cdef gdec | B2G2G2 :|
|: B-c \
| dgBd GBdg | fage dfac' | bgaf gedB | c-eA2 A2B-c |
| dgBd GBdg | fage dfac' | bgaf gedc | B2G2G :|
FAQ

Questions about Gilmore's Hornpipe

  • Gilmore's Hornpipe is in G, in 2/4 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Moderate. 96% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 8.

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

  • 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.