hornpipe · Key of D
The Londonderry hornpipe
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:925
T:The Londonderry hornpipe
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 925
R:Hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
A>G|F2A>d f>dA>F|G2B>d g>dB>G|F2A>d f>dA>F|E2G>B e>cA>G|F2A>d e>dA>F|G2B>d g2a>g|f>af>d B>ge>c|d2f2d2:|
|:f>g|a2f>d A>df>a|g2e>c A>ce>g|a2f>d A>dg>f|(3efd (3cdB A2f>g|a2f>d A>df>a|g>fe>f g2a>g|f>af>d B>ge>c|d2f2d2:|
|:A>G|(3FED A>D B>DA>D|d>cd>f e>cA>G|(3FED A>D B>DA>D|E>GF>A G>BA>G|(3FED A>D B>DA>D|d>cd>f e>ce>g|(3fgf d>f {a}g>ec>e|d>f (3edc d2:|
|:(3efg|a>^ga>b a>fd>f|g>fg>a g>ec>e|a>^ga>b a>fd>f|(3efd (3cdB A2(3efg|a>^ga>b a>fd>f|g>fe>f g>ba>g|(3fgf d>f {a}g>ec>e|d>f (3edc d2:|
f>g|(3.a.a.a f>d A>df>a|(3.g.g.g e>c A>ce>g|f>dg>e a>fb>g|e>cd>B A2f>g|(3.a.a.a f>d A>df>a|(3.g.g.g e>c A2a>g|f>dA>F E>ge>c|d2f2d2:|
|:F>G|A>FA>d f>ed>c|B>GB>e g>fe>d|c>Ac>e a>gf>e|f>cd>B A2F>G|A>FA>d f>ed>c|B>GB>d g2a>g|f>af>d B>ge>c|d2f2d2:|FAQ
Questions about The Londonderry hornpipe
The Londonderry 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.