hornpipe · Key of D

The Sweep's hornpipe

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Sweep's hornpipe"The Sweep's hornpipeHornpipeanon. (Ireland)335325252054004052023703520452042532525205400405202320540245255450245023205452022025005033333354502450232054520205402452045532320205054542420205753333333333333335323202050545424205323202050545424202050545423054024525Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 852

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X:852
T:The Sweep's hornpipe
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 852
R:Hornpipe
M:2/4
L:1/16
K:D
a>g|(3faf d>f A>dF>A|D>FA>d f2e>f|g>be>g d>fA>F|G>BA>F E2a>g|\
(3faf d>f A>dF>A|
D>FA>d f2e>f|g>fe>d c>AB>c|d2f2d2::z2|G>FG>A B>cd>e|\
f>gf>e d>cd>B|A2f2 f>ef2|G2e2 e>de2|
G>FG>A B>cd>e|f>gf>e d>cd>B|A>fe>d c>AB>c|d>fe>c d2:|\
|:a>g|(3fgf (3efe (3ded (3cdc|(3BcB (3ABA G2b>a|
(3gag (3fgf (3efe (3ded|(3cdc (3BcB A2a>g|\
(3fgf (3efe (3ded (3cdc|(3BcB (3ABA (3GAG (3FGF|\
E>ge>d c>AB>c| d2f2d2:|
FAQ

Questions about The Sweep's hornpipe

  • The Sweep's hornpipe is in D, in 2/4 time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • 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 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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