hornpipe · Key of D
McDermott's Hornpipe
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:1610 T:McDermott's Hornpipe R:hornpipe N:"Collected by Cronin" B:O'Neill's 1610 M:2/4 L:1/16 K:D D2 | d>f (3edc d2B2 | (3ABA G>A FGEF | D>d (3ddd c>e (3eee | d>fe>d cABc | d>f (3edc d2B2 | (3ABA G>A FGEF | DFAF GABd | c>e (3ABc d2 :| |: (de) | f2fd fgaf | g2gf gbag | f2fd fgab | agfe dcBA | f2fd fgaf | g2gf gbag | (3fgf d>f (3efe c>e | dfed cABc :||
FAQ
Questions about McDermott's Hornpipe
McDermott's Hornpipe is in D, in 2/4 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Easy. 98% 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 2/4.
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.