hornpipe · Key of D

The Wicklow hornpipe

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Wicklow hornpipe"The Wicklow hornpipehornpipeanon. (Ireland)333450204024505404024502540540505450550204024505404024Tenor Banjo5025400540023254054033525025040554055Tenor Banjo3020402405402402450254005400Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 828
ABC notation source
X:828
T:The Wicklow hornpipe
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 828
R:hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
(FG) | A>BAF DEFG | AGFD c2 (3ABc | defd cAGF | (D>G {A}(3GFG D)>GG z |\
A>BAF DEFG | AGFD c2 (3ABc |
defd (c<A)AG |  F2 D2 D2 :: z2 | f2 ({g}f)d cAGF | D2 g2 g2 af | d3e fdec | Addc Add z |
efec ABcA | dcAB c2 (3ABc | defd (c<A)AG | F2 D2 D2 :|
FAQ

Questions about The Wicklow hornpipe

  • The Wicklow hornpipe is in D, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • 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 C|.

  • 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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