hornpipe · Key of D
Higgin's hornpipe
Irish tenor banjo tab
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.