hornpipe · Key of D
Murray's hornpipe
O’Neill 1907 no. 849
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:849 T:Murray's hornpipe C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 849 R:Hornpipe M:2/4 L:1/16 K:D (AF)"^segno" |D2d2 d2cd|ecAc d2de|f2fd g2ge|afdf ecAF|\ D2d2 d2cd|ecAc d2de|fgaf edcB|[1 A2AB AGFE:|[2 A2A2A2|| |:(fg)|agfe dcBA|B2G2 G2(ga)|bagf gfed|c2A2 A2(fg)| afaf gbgb|afaf gbgb|afdf gece|[1 d2d2d2:|[2 d2d2 dBAF"^segno" |]
FAQ
Questions about Murray's hornpipe
Murray's hornpipe is in D, in 2/4 time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.
Easy. 96% 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. 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.