hornpipe · Key of D
The echo
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:848
T:The echo
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 848
R:Hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
(Tfe)|d>AF>A D2 F>A|d>fe>c d>cB>c|A2 c>e A2 c>e|(3fga e>f d>cB>A|\
d>AF>A D2 F>A|
d>fe>c d>cB>A|(Tg>f)g>b a>fd>f|e>AB>c d2::z2|d>(g {a}(3gfg) b>(g {a}(3gfg)|\
d>gb>g a>gf>g|
A2 c>e A2 c>e|(3(fga) e>f d>cB>A|d>(g {a}(3gfg) b>(g {a}(3gfg)|\
d>gb>g a>gf>a|g>fg>b a>fd>f|e>AB>c d2:|FAQ
Questions about The echo
The echo is in D, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Easy. 95% 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.