hornpipe · Key of D
O'Donovan's hornpipe
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:893 T:O'Donovan's hornpipe C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 893 R:Hornpipe M:C L:1/8 K:D (3(DEF)|G(FGB) AFDc|d(cdf) ecAf|gfe(g (3faf) df|(3efe (3dcB (3ABA (3GFE|G(FGB) AFDc| d(cdf) ecAg|(3faf (df) (3gbg (ec)|d(f (3edc d2)::(3(ABc)|d(cdf) afdf|afb(f af)df| (3(gbg) (EG) (3(faf) (df)|(3efe (3dcB (3ABA (3GFE|G(FGB) AFDc|d(cdf) ecAg|(3(faf) d(f (3(g)bg) (ec)|(df (3edc d2):|
FAQ
Questions about O'Donovan's hornpipe
O'Donovan's hornpipe is in D, in C time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Easy. 97% 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.