hornpipe · Key of G

O'Dwyer's Hornpipe

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "O'Dwyer's Hornpipe"O'Dwyer's Hornpipehornpipe5325555054000053Tenor Banjo255552503253053Tenor Banjo25555054000053Tenor Banjo32525023045555Tenor Banjo3577352523573532503253753255535Tenor Banjo375735252357353250232530532555Tenor Banjo5323025054524053230252503253053Tenor Banjo3230250545240532525023045555Tenor Banjo33332352222522225222252222Tenor Banjo3333000040000300004053Tenor Banjo2525030325253235732530532555Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1597Notes:"Collected by F. O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X:1597
T:O'Dwyer's Hornpipe
R:hornpipe
N:"Collected by F. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1597
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
(dc) | (B<d)G>G G2 (AG) | (F<A)D>D D2 (dc) |
(B<d)G>G G2 (Bd) | (e<g)(f<a) gedc |
(B<d)G>G G2 (AG) | (F<A)D>D D2 (dc) |
BdBG (3ABc AF | G2 G>G G2 :|
|: (ga) | b2 bg afdf | gabg agfd | egfa gbag | f2 d>d d2 (ga) |
babg afdf | gabg agfd | (3efg fa gedc | B2 G>G G2 :|
|: (dc) | BcAB G2 AG | FGEF D2 dc | BcAB G2 (Bd) | egfa gedc |
BcAB G2 (AG) | FGEF D2 (dc) | BdBG (3ABc AF | G2 G>G G2 :|
|: (Bc) | d>B (3.B.B.B G>B  (3.B.B.B | d>B (3.B.B.B G>B  (3.B.B.B |
c>A (3.A.A.A F>A  (3.A.A.A | c>A (3.A.A.A FAdc |
BGBd eceg | fdfa gfga | bgfa gedc | B2 G>G G2 :||
FAQ

Questions about O'Dwyer's Hornpipe

  • O'Dwyer's Hornpipe is in G, 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.

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