hornpipe · Key of Am

The wren hornpipe

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The wren hornpipe"The wren hornpipeHornpipeanon. (Ireland)3053205032052025232050235055301050320503205202502532050250020Tenor Banjo3555875305032323575305052320503205202502532050250020Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 945
ABC notation source
X:945
T:The wren hornpipe
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 945
R:Hornpipe
m:Tn3 = n(3n/o/n/ m/n/
M:C|
L:1/8
K:Am
(ed)|cBA(G Ac)BA|GEDE TG3B|cBA(G AB)cd|eaag (3(efe) de|cBA(G Ac)BA|G(EDE) GABd|c2(BA) GAB(G|A2)AB A2:|
|:g2|a2a2 ac'b(a|ge)de Tg3(^f|g)^fga b2a2|g(ede) Td3B|cBA(G Ac)BA|G(EDE) GAB(d|c2)B(A GA)B(G|A2)ABA2:|
FAQ

Questions about The wren hornpipe

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

  • Moderate. 97% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 8.

  • 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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