hornpipe · Key of G
Hick's hornpipe
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:822 T:Hick's hornpipe C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 822 R:hornpipe M:C L:1/8 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>B g>ba>g | f2 d2 d2 d>c | B>GB>d e>ce>g | f>df>a g>fe>d | b2 b>g d>fa>f | g2 g>f g2 :|
FAQ
Questions about Hick's hornpipe
Hick's hornpipe is in G, in C time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Easy. 97% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.
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.