hornpipe · Key of G
O'Donnell's hornpipe
Irish tenor banjo tab
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.