Key of G

The Belfast Hornpipe

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Belfast Hornpipe"The Belfast Hornpipe3573525253203020530403205023535735252532030205304032052553040602450245753040320250405123040602450245753040320525543Book: O'Neill's 1647Notes:"collected by J. O'Neill"

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ABC notation source
X:1647
T:The Belfast Hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 1647
N:"collected by J. O'Neill"
K:G
g>a \
| b>gd>B G>Bd>g | f>ec>A E2 e2 | d>cA>FD>cB>A | G>AB>c d2 g>a |
| b>gd>B G>Bd>g | f>ec>A E2 e2 | d>cA>FD>cB>A | G2 B2 G2 :|
K:D
a2 \
| g>ec>A ^G>AB>c | d>ef>^g a2 b2 | a>ge>c A>gf>e | f>dA>F D2a2 |
| g>ec>A ^G>AB>c | d>ef>^g a2 b2 | a>ge>c A>gf>e |1 d2 f2 d2 :|2 d2 c2 =c2 :|
FAQ

Questions about The Belfast Hornpipe

  • The Belfast Hornpipe is in G, in C| time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 95% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.

  • Yes. Copy the ABC below into the ABC transposer, move the transpose control by semitone, and the notation and tab are redrawn together in the new key. Handy if a singer wants it lower or the tune sits awkwardly on the neck.

  • 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.