hornpipe · Key of G

The Kilkenny hornpipe

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Kilkenny hornpipe"The Kilkenny hornpipeHornpipeanon. (Ireland)5320250520552352305252532305320250520552353053205Tenor Banjo35010131501013102323530232353505320250520552353053205Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 835
ABC notation source
X:835
T:The Kilkenny hornpipe
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 835
R:Hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
(d>c)|B2(A>B) (G>A)(G>E)|D2G2 G2(B>c)|(dB)(ge) (dB)(GB)|(dc)(Bc) A2(d>c)|B2(A>B) (G>A)(G>E)|D2G2 G2(B>c)|d2(g>e) (d>c)(B>A)|G4-G2:|
|:de|(=f>e)(f>g) f2(d>e)|(=f>e)(f>g) f2(A>B)|(c>B)(c>d) c2(A>B)|(c>B)(c>d) (3(cde) (d>c)|B2(A>B) (G>A)(G>E)|D2G2 G2(B>c)|d2(g>e) (d>c)(B>A)|G4-G2:|
FAQ

Questions about The Kilkenny hornpipe

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

  • Very easy. 100% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 5.

  • 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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