hornpipe · Key of G

The star hornpipe

O’Neill 1907 no. 875

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The star hornpipe"The star hornpipeHornpipeanon. (Ireland)235352303054520245450252353520235352303054520245053205405532050232350502332053232054002353523030545202450532054055Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 875

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ABC notation source
X:875
T:The star hornpipe
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 875
R:Hornpipe
M:2/4
L:1/16
K:G
(Bc)|dcdf gecA|GFGB D2(EF)|GFGA BCBc|dcdf A2(Bc)|dcdf gecA|GFGB D2(EF)|Gedc BAGF|A2G2G2:|
|:(cB)|AGAB cBcd|edef g2(gf)|edcB cBAG|F2D2 D2(Bc)|dcdf gecA|GFGB D2(EF)|Gedc BAGF|A2G2G2:|
FAQ

Questions about The star hornpipe

  • The star hornpipe is in G, in 2/4 time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • 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 2/4.

  • Yes. Copy the ABC below into the ABC transposer, move the transpose control by semitone, and the notation and tab are redrawn together in the new key. Handy if a singer wants it lower or the tune sits awkwardly on the neck.

  • 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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