hornpipe · Key of G

Kit O'Mahony's hornpipe

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Kit O'Mahony's hornpipe"Kit O'Mahony's hornpipehornpipeanon. (Ireland)502250054502305425253054055502250054502304020253054055050235350253054502350235305023530232502053503320253054055Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 838

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X:838
T:Kit O'Mahony's hornpipe
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 838
R:hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
(GA) | B2 (BG) A2 (AG) | FGAB cAGF | BGBd cAGF | D2 G2 G2 (GA) |\
B2 (BG) A2 (AG) | FGAB cAFD | fefd cAGF | D2 G2 G2 :|
|: D2 | GABc d2 g2 | defd cAGF | GABc d2 (ef) | gage d2 (ef) |\
gage fgfd | efed cdeg | ({g}f)efd cAGF | D2 G2 G2 :|
FAQ

Questions about Kit O'Mahony's hornpipe

  • Kit O'Mahony's hornpipe is in G, in C| time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • 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. Copy the ABC below into the ABC transposer, move the transpose control by semitone, and the notation and tab are redrawn together in the new key. Handy if a singer wants it lower or the tune sits awkwardly on the neck.

  • 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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