hornpipe · Key of G

O'Donnell's hornpipe

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "O'Donnell's hornpipe"O'Donnell's hornpipeHornpipeanon. (Ireland)33323533205205250200545023502375320523Tenor Banjo33533205205250200545023502323530237532532023202525Tenor Banjo333333375325320232022333032225200040240024502305253525Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 889
ABC notation source
X:889
T:O'Donnell's hornpipe
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 889
R:Hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
B>c|d>g (3gfe d>Be>d|B>GD>B A2A>G|F>GA>B c>de>f|(3gba (3gfe d2B>c|
dg (3gfe d>Be>d|B>GD>B A2A>G|F>GA>B c>de>f|g>fg>a g2::e>f|g>ba>g f>ag>f|e>f (3gfe f>dB>d|
g>ba>g f>ag>f|e>f (3gfe f2B2|(3ccc A>c (3BBB G>B|(3AAA F>A E>FD2|D>EF>G A>Bc>A|(3GBd (3gdB G2:|
FAQ

Questions about O'Donnell's hornpipe

  • O'Donnell's hornpipe is in G, in C| 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 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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