hornpipe · Key of G

The Glasgow hornpipe

O’Neill 1907 no. 870

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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 Glasgow hornpipe"The Glasgow hornpipeHornpipeanon. (Ireland)320504055205025320532305325300205040552050253205320532025523532305323230532053230532530023522503302502532053205320255Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 870

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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. 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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