hornpipe · Key of G

The Bantry Hornpipe

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Bantry Hornpipe"The Bantry HornpipeHornpipe353205232305730505230302352545054025Tenor Banjo3320253230573050523053205054525Tenor Banjo332050232305230535230302352545054024Tenor Banjo3354502540502502305320505320525Tenor Banjo3332353235323323732502353050532050545040Tenor Banjo3353305252323502305320505320525Tenor Banjo3353255450405452502305350253050530530Tenor Banjo33332554504054520502305320505320525Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1779Notes:"collected by Crenin"
ABC notation source
X:1779
T:The Bantry Hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
N:"collected by Crenin"
B:O'Neill's 1779
R:Hornpipe
K:G
   (dc) |   BAG(B  cB)cA | dbg(e de)dB | cecA ((3Bcd)   (BG)  | FGA(G FD)EG |
            BAB(G  cB)cA | dbg(e de)dB | cedc ((3BAG) ((3AGF) | G2 B2 G2   :|
|: (cB) |   AGA(B  cB)ce | dfg(e dc)dB | cecA ((3Bcd)    BG   | FGA(G FD)EF |
          (GF)(GA) BGFD  | GABG  ABcA  | dgfe ((3ded) ((3cBA) | G2 B2 G2   :|
|:  Bc  |  dgBg   dgBg  | ((3gfg) bg fdef | gage dedc | ((3BAG) ((3AGF) G(DB,D)|
           G(gge) dBGB  | cBc(d ef)ge | dgfe ((3ded) ((3cBA) | G2 B2 G2 :|
|:(dc)|B(GGF) G(DB,D) |((3GFG) (BG) ABcA |(dc)(de) f(dcA) |((3ded) (cA) d2 (cA)|
    B(GGF) G(DB,D) | ((3GFG) ((3BAG) ABcA | d(gfe) ((3ded) ((3cBA) | G2 B2 G2 :|
FAQ

Questions about The Bantry Hornpipe

  • The Bantry Hornpipe is in G, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 99% 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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