hornpipe · Key of G

The Kilfinane hornpipe

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Kilfinane hornpipe"The Kilfinane hornpipeHornpipeanon. (Ireland)3302052530405323052305523232020542502052530405323053205325320525Tenor Banjo3323535053235323052353505252020542023535053235323052375325252373Tenor Banjo3323525257230303023052527323575320523525257230303023575325325373Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 932
ABC notation source
X:932
T:The Kilfinane hornpipe
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 932
R:Hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
(DE)|DGBd cAFA|Ggfg edBc|DGGB cBcB|(3ABA (3GFE d2(DE)|DGBd cAFA|dgfg edcB|edcB dcBA|G2B2G2:|
|:(Bc)|dcde dcBc|dgfg edBc|dcde dBGB|(3ABA (3GFE D2(Bc)|dcde dcBc|dgfg edBg|bagf afdf|g2b2g2:|
|:(Bc)|dBGB dbfg|ecAc efge|afdf bgfg|(3aba (3gfe d2(Bc)|dBGB dbfg|ecAc efga|bagf agfd|g2b2g2:|
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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