hornpipe · Key of G
The Glasgow hornpipe
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:870
T:The Glasgow hornpipe
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 870
R:Hornpipe
m:Tn = (3n/o/n/
M:2/4
L:1/16
K:G
({c}(B)A)|GDB,D G2(GB)|AGAB ({d}c2)(TBA)|Ggfg edcB|({d}c2)A2 A2(TBA)|GDB,D G2(GB)|AGAB ({d}c2)(TBA)|Ggfe dcBA|B2G2G2:|
|:(Bc)|dgfg edcB|cBce dcBA|Ggfg edcB|({d}c2)A2 A2(Bc)|dBBd ecce|fdef ({a}g2)(Tfe)|dgfe dcBA|B2G2G2:|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.
It is a hornpipe, written in 2/4.
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.