hornpipe · Key of D

The woods of Kilkenny

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The woods of Kilkenny"The woods of KilkennyHornpipeanon. (Ireland)05040525230405420250420230405420504052523040542052527304555Tenor Banjo333305400005000025452054200003000040305420377325523040542052527304555Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 892
ABC notation source
X:892
T:The woods of Kilkenny
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 892
R:Hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
A2|dAFA dfaf|gece dcBA|BGAF E2(ef)|gece dcBA|dAFA dfaf|gece dcBA|dfaf bgec|d2d2d2:|
|:(AG)|F>A (3AAA d>A (3AAA|fdcd BAGF|E>e (3eee g>e (3eee|cege dcBA|gbbg faaf|gece dcBA|dfaf bgec|d2d2d2:|
FAQ

Questions about The woods of Kilkenny

  • The woods of Kilkenny is in D, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 97% 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 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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