hornpipe · Key of D

Higgins' Hornpipe

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Higgins' Hornpipe"Higgins' HornpipeHornpipe33333420404052540502504405023205025452025452Tenor Banjo040405254050250440532054525Tenor Banjo33333333450000020000300002000000203020025452025452Tenor Banjo040405254050250540532054525Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1738Notes:"collected by J. O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X:1738
T:Higgins' Hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
N:"collected by J. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1738
R:Hornpipe
K:D
F>E| D>FA>F D>GB>G | F>Ad>e f>dA>F | F>A (3def g>fe>d | (3efd (3cdB (3ABG (3FGE|
     D>FA>F D>GB>G | F>Ad>e f>dA>F |  F>Ad>g   f>ed>c |  d2  f2  d2 :|
|:c>d|e>A (3AAA f>A (3AAA|g>A (3AAA f>A (3AAA|e>Af>A g>Af>A|(3efd (3cdB (3ABG (3FGE|
     D>FA>F D>GB>G | F>Ad>e f>dA>G | F>Ad>g f>ed>c | d2 f2 d2 :|
FAQ

Questions about Higgins' Hornpipe

  • Higgins' Hornpipe is in D, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Very easy. 100% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 5.

  • 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.

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