hornpipe · Key of A

O'Neill's Hornpipe

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "O'Neill's Hornpipe"O'Neill's HornpipeHornpipe33330540042062262040575470420622620471205Tenor Banjo334004206226204059754704256202420Tenor Banjo5022040225026205254426254575420450Tenor Banjo22040545026204054074052004545Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1766
ABC notation source
X:1766
T:O'Neill's Hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 1766
R:Hornpipe
K:A
e>d|c>eA>c E>AC>E|((3A,CE) ((3Ace) a2 b>a|g>be>g B>eG>B|((3EGB) ((3egb) e'2 e>d|
    c>eA>c E>AC>E|((3A,CE) ((3Ace) a>c'b>a | g>be>g f>a^d>f | e>Bg>B e2 :|
|: d>e | f>A,D>F A>Bf>a | e>A,C>E A>df>a | g>B,E>G B>dg>a | b>ag>f e>cd>e |
         f>A,D>F A>dg>a | e>A,C>E A>ce>a | g>eb>g e>dB>e | A2 [a2c] [a2c] :|
FAQ

Questions about O'Neill's Hornpipe

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

  • Harder. 85% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 12.

  • 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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