hornpipe · Key of D
The Sweep's hornpipe
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
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. 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 2/4.
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.