hornpipe · Key of D

O'Donovan's hornpipe

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "O'Donovan's hornpipe"O'Donovan's hornpipeHornpipeanon. (Ireland)33333302454520404545204023203252520205420205425452040433335452040325252373045205450245452525252725252333333333373252525202054202054254520404545204032525237304520545Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 893

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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. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • 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. 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.

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