Key of G

The Glasgow Hornpipe

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Glasgow Hornpipe"The Glasgow Hornpipe320504055050203205323053253002Tenor Banjo5040550502032053205320255Tenor Banjo253230532323053205323053253002Tenor Banjo52250330250253253205320255Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1648Notes:"collected by J. O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X:1648
T:The Glasgow Hornpipe
M:2/4
L:1/16
B:O'Neill's 1648
N:"collected by J. O'Neill"
K:G
({c}BA) \
| GDB,D G2G-B | AGAB ({e}c2~BA) | Ggfg edcB | {d}c2A2 A2~B-A |
| GDB,D G2G-B | AGAB ({e}c2~BA) | Ggfe dcBA | B2G2 G4 :|
|: B-c \
| dgfg edcB | cBce dcBA | Ggfg edcB | {d}c2A2 A2B-c |
| dBBd ecce | fdef {a}g2~f-e | dgfe dcBA | B2G2G4 :|
FAQ

Questions about The Glasgow Hornpipe

  • The Glasgow Hornpipe is in G, in 2/4 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • 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.

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

  • 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.