hornpipe · Key of G

O'Gallagher's Hornpipe

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "O'Gallagher's Hornpipe"O'Gallagher's Hornpipehornpipe235405320520545023532305320542023Tenor Banjo540532052054502353230304555Tenor Banjo23532305250602323053232050542024Tenor Banjo545206032125023025250304555Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1617Notes:"Collected by O'Gallagher"
ABC notation source
X:1617
T:O'Gallagher's Hornpipe
R:hornpipe
N:"Collected by  O'Gallagher"
B:O'Neill's 1617
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
(Bc) | d^c.ed =cBAG | BAGF GABc | dgfg edcB | AGFE D2 (Bc) |
d^ced =cBAG | BAGF GABc | dgfg ecAF | G2 G2 G2 :|
(Bc) | dgfg edBd | e^def g2 (fg) | edcB cBAG | AGFE D2 (EF) |
GFGB A^GAc | B^ABd efge | BdBG AcAF | G2 G2 G2 :||
FAQ

Questions about O'Gallagher's Hornpipe

  • O'Gallagher's Hornpipe is in G, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 98% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.

  • 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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