hornpipe · Key of G

The Fairies' Hornpipe

O’Neill 1903 no. 1718

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A hornpipe runs 160 to 200 at a session. One click is a quarter note, not the eighth notes you are playing. Full metronome

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Fairies' Hornpipe"The Fairies' HornpipeHornpipe05450253205025235323053230520235325320505320502305304555523033232050532050230053205552353323205053205023053045555Book: O'Neill's 1718Notes:"collected by F. O'Neill"

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ABC notation source
X:1718
T:The Fairies' Hornpipe
M:2/4
L:1/16
N:"collected by F. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1718
R:Hornpipe
K:G
    D2  | GFGA BdcB | AGAB G2Bc | dgfg edcB | cedB A2Bc |
          dgfa g2fe | dedc B2AG | ABcA dcAF | G2GG G2  :|
|: (Bc) | eggf g2fe | dedc B2AG | ABcA edcB | A2dd d2Bc |
          dggf g2fe | dedc B2AG | ABcA dcAF | G2GG G2  :|
FAQ

Questions about The Fairies' Hornpipe

  • The Fairies' Hornpipe is in G, in 2/4 time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • 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 2/4.

  • 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.

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