hornpipe · Key of D

Higgin's hornpipe

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Higgin's hornpipe"Higgin's hornpipeHornpipeanon. (Ireland)33333420404052540502504405023205025452025452Tenor Banjo33330404052540502505405320545254500000200003000020000Tenor Banjo333300203020025452025452040425254050200540532054525Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 914
ABC notation source
X:914
T:Higgin's hornpipe
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 914
R:Hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
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>G|F>Ad>g f>ed>c|d2f2d2::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 E>GB>G|F>Ad>e f>DA>G|F>Ad>g f>ed>c|d2f2d2:|
FAQ

Questions about Higgin's hornpipe

  • Higgin's 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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