hornpipe · Key of G
The Greencastle hornpipe
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:807
T:The Greencastle hornpipe
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 807
R:hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
(dc) | BGDG BGDG | (3gag fg e2 (dc) | BGDG BGDG | dcBc A2 (dc) |\
BGDG BGDG | (3gag fg e2 (dc) | Bdfe dcAF | G2 GG G2 :|
|: (ga) | bagf efga | bagf e2 (fg) | agfe defg | agfe d2 (3def |\
gfgd e2d2 | ({d}c)BAB cdef | gfgd ecAF | G2 GG G2 :|FAQ
Questions about The Greencastle hornpipe
The Greencastle hornpipe is in G, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Easy. 98% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.
It is a hornpipe, written in C|.
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.