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Rickett's Hornpipe — Sheet Music, Tab & Chord Directory

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About Rickett's Hornpipe

Rickett's Hornpipe is a two-part old-time fiddle hornpipe in D major — intermediate, running from F♯ to b and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Hornpipe, two parts, each usually played twice
Key
D major · 4/4
Range
F♯ to b · first position
Notes used
C♯ D E F♯ G A B
Level
Intermediate

Rickett's Hornpipe — sheet music

D major · 4/4

The notes

Letter names, bar by bar · capitals up to C in the third space, lower case from the D on the 4th line

A C♯ | d C♯ d A F♯ A d f♯ | e d C♯ B A g | f♯ g a f♯ g f♯ e d e d C♯ B A g f♯ e | d C♯ d A F♯ A d f♯ | e d C♯ B A g | f♯ a f♯ d e g e C♯ d f♯ d | f♯ g | a f♯ a f♯ d g a | b g b g e f♯ g a f♯ b a g f♯ e d | e d C♯ B A g f♯ e | d C♯ d A F♯ A d f♯ | e d C♯ B A g f♯ a f♯ d e g e C♯ | d f♯ d

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Rickett's Hornpipe — tab

Tenor banjo · mandolin · fiddle · guitar · ukulele — tap one to open it

Rickett's Hornpipe — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

E|-----|---------------2-|-0---------3-|-2-3-5-2-3-2-0---|
A|-0-4-|-5-4-5-0---0-5---|---5-4-2-0---|---------------5-|
D|-----|---------4-------|-------------|-----------------|
G|-----|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
E|-0---------3-2-0-|---------------2-|-0---------3-|-2-5-2---0-3-0---|
A|---5-4-2-0-------|-5-4-5-0---0-5---|---5-4-2-0---|-------5-------4-|
D|-----------------|---------4-------|-------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
E|---2---|-2-3-|-5-2-5-2---3-5-|-7-3-7-3-0-2-3-|
A|-5---5-|-----|---------5-----|---------------|
D|-------|-----|---------------|---------------|
G|-------|-----|---------------|---------------|
E|-5-2-7-5-3-2-0---|-0---------3-2-0-|---------------2-|-0---------3-|
A|---------------5-|---5-4-2-0-------|-5-4-5-0---0-5---|---5-4-2-0---|
D|-----------------|-----------------|---------4-------|-------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
E|-2-5-2---0-3-0---|---2---|
A|-------5-------4-|-5---5-|
D|-----------------|-------|
G|-----------------|-------|

Numbers are frets. Tenor banjo sounds an octave below the written notes.

Rickett's Hornpipe — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

E|-----|---------------2-|-0---------3-|-2-3-5-2-3-2-0---|
A|-0-4-|-5-4-5-0---0-5---|---5-4-2-0---|---------------5-|
D|-----|---------4-------|-------------|-----------------|
G|-----|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
E|-0---------3-2-0-|---------------2-|-0---------3-|-2-5-2---0-3-0---|
A|---5-4-2-0-------|-5-4-5-0---0-5---|---5-4-2-0---|-------5-------4-|
D|-----------------|---------4-------|-------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
E|---2---|-2-3-|-5-2-5-2---3-5-|-7-3-7-3-0-2-3-|
A|-5---5-|-----|---------5-----|---------------|
D|-------|-----|---------------|---------------|
G|-------|-----|---------------|---------------|
E|-5-2-7-5-3-2-0---|-0---------3-2-0-|---------------2-|-0---------3-|
A|---------------5-|---5-4-2-0-------|-5-4-5-0---0-5---|---5-4-2-0---|
D|-----------------|-----------------|---------4-------|-------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
E|-2-5-2---0-3-0---|---2---|
A|-------5-------4-|-5---5-|
D|-----------------|-------|
G|-----------------|-------|

Numbers are frets. Same strings as the fiddle, so the same notes fall in the same places.

Rickett's Hornpipe — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

E|-----|---------------1-|-0---------L2-|-1-L2-3-1-L2-1-0---|
A|-0-2-|-3-2-3-0---0-3---|---3-2-1-0----|-----------------3-|
D|-----|---------2-------|--------------|-------------------|
G|-----|-----------------|--------------|-------------------|
E|-0---------L2-1-0-|---------------1-|-0---------L2-|-1-3-1---0-L2-0---|
A|---3-2-1-0--------|-3-2-3-0---0-3---|---3-2-1-0----|-------3--------2-|
D|------------------|---------2-------|--------------|------------------|
G|------------------|-----------------|--------------|------------------|
E|---1---|-1-L2-|-3-1-3-1---L2-3-|-4-L2-4-L2-0-1-L2-|
A|-3---3-|------|---------3------|------------------|
D|-------|------|----------------|------------------|
G|-------|------|----------------|------------------|
E|-3-1-4-3-L2-1-0---|-0---------L2-1-0-|---------------1-|-0---------L2-|
A|----------------3-|---3-2-1-0--------|-3-2-3-0---0-3---|---3-2-1-0----|
D|------------------|------------------|---------2-------|--------------|
G|------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------|
E|-1-3-1---0-L2-0---|---1---|
A|-------3--------2-|-3---3-|
D|------------------|-------|
G|------------------|-------|

0 = open string · 1–4 = finger · L = low (half step back), H = high.

Rickett's Hornpipe — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

e|-----|---------------2-|-0---------3-|-2-3-5-2-3-2-0---|
B|---2-|-3-2-3-------3---|---3-2-0-----|---------------3-|
G|-2---|-------2---2-----|---------2---|-----------------|
D|-----|---------4-------|-------------|-----------------|
A|-----|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
E|-----|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
e|-0---------3-2-0-|---------------2-|-0---------3-|-2-5-2---0-3-0---|
B|---3-2-0---------|-3-2-3-------3---|---3-2-0-----|-------3-------2-|
G|---------2-------|-------2---2-----|---------2---|-----------------|
D|-----------------|---------4-------|-------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
e|---2---|-2-3-|-5-2-5-2---3-5-|-7-3-7-3-0-2-3-|
B|-3---3-|-----|---------3-----|---------------|
G|-------|-----|---------------|---------------|
D|-------|-----|---------------|---------------|
A|-------|-----|---------------|---------------|
E|-------|-----|---------------|---------------|
e|-5-2-7-5-3-2-0---|-0---------3-2-0-|---------------2-|-0---------3-|
B|---------------3-|---3-2-0---------|-3-2-3-------3---|---3-2-0-----|
G|-----------------|---------2-------|-------2---2-----|---------2---|
D|-----------------|-----------------|---------4-------|-------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
e|-2-5-2---0-3-0---|---2---|
B|-------3-------2-|-3---3-|
G|-----------------|-------|
D|-----------------|-------|
A|-----------------|-------|
E|-----------------|-------|

Numbers are frets; the bottom line is the low E string.

Rickett's Hornpipe — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|-0-4-|-5-4-5-0---0-5-9-|-7-5-4-2-0-10-|-9-10-12-9-10-9-7-5-|
E|-----|---------2-------|--------------|--------------------|
C|-----|-----------------|--------------|--------------------|
G|-----|-----------------|--------------|--------------------|
A|-7-5-4-2-0-10-9-7-|-5-4-5-0---0-5-9-|-7-5-4-2-0-10-|-9-12-9-5-7-10-7-4-|
E|------------------|---------2-------|--------------|-------------------|
C|------------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------------|
G|------------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------------|
A|-5-9-5-|-9-10-|-12-9-12-9-5-10-12-|-14-10-14-10-7-9-10-|
E|-------|------|-------------------|--------------------|
C|-------|------|-------------------|--------------------|
G|-------|------|-------------------|--------------------|
A|-12-9-14-12-10-9-7-5-|-7-5-4-2-0-10-9-7-|-5-4-5-0---0-5-9-|-7-5-4-2-0-10-|
E|---------------------|------------------|---------2-------|--------------|
C|---------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------|
G|---------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------|
A|-9-12-9-5-7-10-7-4-|-5-9-5-|
E|-------------------|-------|
C|-------------------|-------|
G|-------------------|-------|

Numbers are frets; the top line is the A string, the bottom line the high G.

Rickett's Hornpipe chords

D major · 3 chords: D, A, Em

pickup
D
A
D Em
A
D
A
D A
D
D
D
Em
D Em
A
D
A
D A
D

One box per bar, in the same order as the sheet music. A faded chord carries on from the bar before.

Guitar chords for Rickett's Hornpipe

Strings E A D G B E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

D××A×Em

Ukulele chords for Rickett's Hornpipe

Strings G C E A, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

DAEm

Tenor banjo & mandolin chords for Rickett's Hornpipe

Strings G D A E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

DAEm

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This traditional setting comes from Jim’s Roots & Blues. The tune itself is traditional. Tabs and letter names worked out by The Music Arcade.

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