Key of G

Hicks' Hornpipe

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Hicks' Hornpipe"Hicks' Hornpipe(Collected from F. O'Neill)235252525232054003525232054000023Tenor Banjo5252520532054003232504045555Tenor Banjo5325250303252532053235375325553Tenor Banjo2525030325253205787352523323Tenor Banjo
ABC notation source
X:1572
T:Hicks' Hornpipe
C:(Collected from F. O'Neill)
M:C
K:G
B>c|d>BG>B d>BG>B|c>BA>G F>AD>c|d>BG>B c>BA>G|F>AD>D D2 B>c|
d>BG>B d>Be>d|c>BA>G F>AD>c|B>cB>G D>FA>F|G2 G>G G2 :|
|:d>c|B>GB>d e>ce>g|f>df>a g>fe>d|g>fg>d g>ba>g|f2 d2 d2 d>c|
B>GB>d e>ce>g|f>df>a g>fe>d|b>c'b>g d>fa>f|g2 g>f g2:|
FAQ

Questions about Hicks' Hornpipe

  • Hicks' Hornpipe is in G, in C time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Moderate. 97% 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.