hornpipe · Key of G

The fairies' hornpipe

O’Neill 1907 no. 906

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The fairies' hornpipe"The fairies' hornpipeHornpipeanon. (Ireland)05450253205025235323053230520235325320505320502305304555523033232050532050230053205552353323205053205023053045555Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 906

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ABC notation source
X:906
T:The fairies' hornpipe
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 906
R:Hornpipe
M:2/4
L:1/16
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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