hornpipe · Key of G
The Groves hornpipe
Irish tenor banjo tab
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. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
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. 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.