hornpipe · Key of G
O'Dwyer's hornpipe
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:842 T:O'Dwyer's hornpipe C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 842 R:Hornpipe 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.