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 hornpipeHornpipeanon. (Ireland)532555505400005325555250325305325555054000053Tenor Banjo32525023045555357735252357353250325375325553575735252Tenor Banjo33573532502325305325555323025054524053230252503253053Tenor Banjo333332302505452405325250230455552352222522225222252222Tenor Banjo33330000400003000040532525030325253235732530532555Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 842
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.

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