hornpipe · Key of D

Mitchell's Hornpipe

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Mitchell's Hornpipe"Mitchell's HornpipeHornpipe0545425054542505450252353045024Tenor Banjo545425054502505450252353045Tenor Banjo50220055420254042025404Tenor Banjo22005545450252353045Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1729Notes:"collected by J. O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X:1729
T:Mitchell's Hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
N:"collected by J. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1729
R:Hornpipe
K:D
    A2 | d>cd>c (B>d) A2 | d>cd>c (B>d) A2 | d>cd>e  f>df>g  | a>ge>c d>AB>c   |
         d>cd>c (B>d) A2 | d>cd>e (B>d) A2 | d>cd>e  f>df>g  | a>ge>c d2      :|
|: d>e | f2 f2    e2  e2 | d2 d2   c3   z  | B>AB>d (c<A) F2 | B>AB>d (c<A) F2 |
         f2 f2    e2  e2 | d2 d2   c3   z  | d>cd>e  f>df>g  | a>ge>c d2      :|
FAQ

Questions about Mitchell's Hornpipe

  • Mitchell'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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