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