Key of D
The Star Hornpipe
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:1654 T:The Star Hornpipe M:2/4 L:1/16 B:O'Neill's 1654 N:"collected by J.O'Neill" K:D B-c \ | d^cdf gecA | GFGB D2E-F | GFGA BABc | dcdf A2B-c | | d^cdf gecA | GFGB D2E-F | Gedc BAGF | A2G2G2 :| |:c-B \ | A^GAB cBcd | e^def g2g-f | edcBcBAG | F2D2D2 B-c | | d^cdf gecA | GFGB D2E-F | Gedc BAGF | A2G2G2 :|
FAQ
Questions about The Star Hornpipe
The Star Hornpipe is in D, in 2/4 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Easy. 98% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.
The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.
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.