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