hornpipe · Key of D
Old man Quinn
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:871 T:Old man Quinn C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 871 R:Hornpipe M:C| L:1/8 K:D A>G|F>DF>A d>fe>d|c>de>c A>BA>G|F>DF>A d>fe>d|c2A2A2A>G|F>DF>A d>fe>d| c>de>c A>BA>G|(3Bcd A>B G>F (3EFG|F2D2D2::g2|f>df>g a>fd>f|e>de>f g>ec>e|d>cB>A d>fe>d|c2A2A2d>c| (3BcB (3ABA G>AG>A|(3Bcd (3ABA F>GF>A|(3Bcd A>B G>F (3EFG|F2D2D2::AG|(3FGF (3EFE D>FA>d|(3cBA B>c A>ce>g| (3fff d>f g>fe>d|c2A2A2 d>c|(3BcB (3ABA G>AG>A|(3Bcd (3ABA F>GF>A|(3Bcd A>B G>F (3EFG|F2D2D2:|
FAQ
Questions about Old man Quinn
Old man Quinn is in D, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Very easy. 100% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 5.
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.