hornpipe · Key of D
The Liverpool hornpipe
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:816 T:The Liverpool hornpipe C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 816 R:hornpipe M:C| L:1/8 K:D (AG) | FDFA dfaf | gfec dcBA | G2 BG F2 AF | EDEF GFED|\ FDFA dfaf | gfec dcBA | dfaf bgec | d2 d2 d2 :| |: A2 | d2 fd c2 ec | BABc dcBA | G2 BG F2 AF | EDEF GFED |\ FDFA dfaf | gfec dcBA | dfaf bgec | d2 d2 d2 :| |: A2 | dfdf cece | Bcde dcBA | GBGB FAFA | EFGA GFED |\ FDFA dfaf | gefd dcBA | afdf gece | d2 d2 d2 :|
FAQ
Questions about The Liverpool hornpipe
The Liverpool hornpipe is in D, in C| 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 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.