hornpipe · Key of D
The woods of Kilkenny
Irish tenor banjo tab
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.