The Derry Hornpipe
A hornpipe in the key of D
Foinn Seisiún Book 3 Page 29a
Sheet music, mandolin tabs, banjo tabs, fiddle and accordion score for The Derry Hornpipe
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If you find this tune on YouTube you can use
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to loop and slow down sections so you can learn it by ear.Abc notation for The Derry Hornpipe
X:883022
T:DERRY HORNPIPE, The
C:Foinn Seisiún
B:Book 3 Page 29a
M:C
L:1/8
Q:1/4=150
R:hornpipe
K:D
AG|F2Ad fdAF|G2Bd gdBG|F2Ad fdAF|E2Ac ecAG|
F2Ad fdAF|G2Bd g2ag|f2df e2ce|d2dc d2 :|
fg|a2fd Adfa|g2ec Acfg|a2fd Adgf|e2dB A2fg|
a2fd Adfa|gfef g2ag|f2df e2ce|d2dc d2 :|
Foinn Seisiún is a collection of recordings and sheet music books produced by Comhaltas containing traditional Irish tunes arranged in sets.
There are 4 volumes available now, and each volume contains the notation to more than 100 tunes.
These tunes are some of the most popular Irish tunes in sessions all over the world. Comhaltas has made the recordings available on YouTube so you will find an accompanying video with each tune here, and thanks to LoopTube you can loop phrases in these videos so you can practice. Each tune has sheet music for fiddles, flutes, concertine etc. and also has tabs for banjo, mandolin etc.
The recordings were made by the Kilfenora Ceili Band and the Tulla Ceili Band and are great for playing along with by ear.Foinn Sessiun