hornpipe · Key of G

The Kilfinane Hornpipe

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Kilfinane Hornpipe"The Kilfinane HornpipeHornpipe3302052530405323052305523232020542002Tenor Banjo052530405323053205325320525Tenor Banjo3323535053235323052353505252020542023Tenor Banjo535053235323052375325252373Tenor Banjo3323525257230303023052527323575320523Tenor Banjo525257230303023575325325373Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1762Notes:"collected by Cronin"
ABC notation source
X:1762
T:The Kilfinane Hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
N:"collected by Cronin"
B:O'Neill's 1762
R:Hornpipe
K:G
   (DE) | DGBd cAFA | Ggfg edBc | DGGB cBcB | (3ABA (3GFE D2 (DE) |
          DGBd cAFA | dgfg edcB | edcB dcBA |   G2    B2  G2     :|
|: (Bc) | dcde dcBc | dgfg edBc | dcde dBGB | (3ABA (3GFE D2 (Bc) |
          dcde dcBc | dgfg edBg | bagf afdf |   g2    b2  g2     :|
|: (Bc) | dBGB dbfg | ecAc efge | afdf bgfg | (3aba (3gfe d2 (Bc) |
          dBGB dbfg | ecAc efga | bagf agfd |   g2    b2  g2     :|
FAQ

Questions about The Kilfinane Hornpipe

  • The Kilfinane Hornpipe is in G, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 96% 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.

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