hornpipe · Key of G
The trumpet hornpipe
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:833 T:The trumpet hornpipe C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 833 R:hornpipe M:2/4 L:1/16 K:G (3DEF | G2GG G2G2 | BGBd gdBG | D2DD D2D2 | FDFA dcAF |G2GG G2G2 | BGBd g2 z2 | fafd egec |1 (3.d.d.d fe dcAF :|2 d2dd d2d2 ||e2ee e2e2 | fgaf gfed | c2cc B2BB | ABAG FGEF | D>G (3GFG E>G (3GFG | D>G (3GFG BGFD | Bdfe dcAF | G2GG G2 z2 :|
FAQ
Questions about The trumpet hornpipe
The trumpet 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.