hornpipe · Key of Ador
Hawk's hornpipe
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:926 T:Hawk's hornpipe C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 926 R:Hornpipe M:C| L:1/8 K:Ador (ed)|c2EF G2EF|GFGA GAcd|egec AdcA|GFEF G2(FG)|AGAB cBcA|dcde g2(fg)| (3(agf) ge fdec|[1A2(3AAA AGAB:|[2A2(3AAA Acef|:gfga gfed|cdef gfed|eaab c'bag| e2a2a2ef|(3(gfe) af (3(gfe) dB|cdef g2(fg)|(3(agf) ge fdec|[1A2(3AAA Acef:|[2A2(3AAA A2|]
FAQ
Questions about Hawk's hornpipe
Hawk's hornpipe is in Ador, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Moderate. 98% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 8.
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.