hornpipe · Key of G

Murphy's hornpipe

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Murphy's hornpipe"Murphy's hornpipeHornpipeanon. (Ireland)3024502524520230450452530305450402405025245202304504525303045555Tenor Banjo3235053235202305350232350305450402405025245202304504525303045555Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 856
ABC notation source
X:856
T:Murphy's hornpipe
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 856
R:Hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
(3DEF|GABG EFGE|ABcA FGAF|GBdg ecAG|FGAF DEFD|\
GABG EFGE|ABcA FGAF|GBdg ecAF|G2 GG G2:|
|:(Bc)|dedc BcdB|(3efg ed cdef|gfgd ecAG|FGAF DEFD|\
GABG EFGE|ABcA FGAF|GBdg ecAF|G2 GG G2:|
FAQ

Questions about Murphy's hornpipe

  • Murphy's hornpipe is in G, 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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