hornpipe · Key of G
The Groves hornpipe
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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ABC notation source
X:843
T:The Groves hornpipe
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 843
R:Hornpipe
M:2/4
L:1/16
K:G
D2|G2GF GABc|dBGB AGFD|=F2FE FGAB|cdfe dcBA|\
G2GF GABc|dBGB AGFD|dfeg fdcA|
AG({A}G)F G2||A2|B2BA Bcde|fdcB AF (3FEF|CF (3FEF AF (3FEF|\
ABcA BG (3GFG|B2BA Bcde|fdcA dBcA|
dfeg fdcA|AG({A}G)F G2||c2|d2g2 g2fg|abag f2af|\
d^cde fefg|abag f2fe|d2g2 g2fg|abag f2fe|
d^cde fd=cA|AG({A}G)F G2||D2|G>d (3Bcd G>d (3Bcd|=F>c (3ABc F2(A^F)|\
G>d (3Bcd G2(Bc)|d^cde fdcA|
G>d (3Bcd G>d (3Bcd|=F>c (3ABc F2(Bc)|d^cde fd=cA|AG({A}G)F G2||\
d2|g>d (3Bcd g>d (3Bcd|f>c (3ABc f>c (3ABc|
g>d (3Bcd g>d (3Bcd|A>G (3ABc A>G (3ABc|\
dedB cdcA|(3Bcd BG AcBd|dfeg fdcA|AG({A}G)F G2:|FAQ
Questions about The Groves hornpipe
The Groves hornpipe is in G, in 2/4 time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.
Easy. 99% 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 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.