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Sally Growler's Hornpipe — Sheet Music, Tab & Chord Directory

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About Sally Growler's Hornpipe

Sally Growler's Hornpipe is a two-part old-time fiddle hornpipe in G major — one for the more experienced, running from D to c'.

Type
Hornpipe, two parts, each usually played twice
Key
G major · 4/4
Range
D to c'
Notes used
C C♯ D D♯ E F♯ G A B
Level
One for the more experienced

Sally Growler's Hornpipe — sheet music

G 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

d e | g b f♯ a g d B G | C B C e d B G D | E G C e D G B d C♯ b a g d d♯ e f♯ | g b f♯ a g d B G | C B C e d B G D | E G C e D G B d C A F♯ D G | e f♯ | g d B d G B d g | b g d g B d g b a f♯ d f♯ A d f♯ a | c' a f♯ d C♯ d e f♯ | g d B d G B d g | b g d g B d g b c' a f♯ d C♯ d e f♯ | g b g

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Sally Growler's Hornpipe — tab

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

Sally Growler's Hornpipe — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

E|---0-|-3-7-2-5-3-------|-------0---------|-------0---------|
A|-5---|-----------5-2---|-3-2-3---5-2-----|-----3-------2-5-|
D|-----|---------------5-|-------------5-0-|-2-5-----0-5-----|
G|-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|---7-5-3-----0-2-|-3-7-2-5-3-------|-------0---------|-------0---------|
A|-4-------5-6-----|-----------5-2---|-3-2-3---5-2-----|-----3-------2-5-|
D|-----------------|---------------5-|-------------5-0-|-2-5-----0-5-----|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------|-0-2-|-3-------------3-|-7-3---3-----3-7-|
A|-3-0-------|-----|---5-2-5---2-5---|-----5---2-5-----|
D|-----4-0-5-|-----|---------5-------|-----------------|
G|-----------|-----|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-5-2---2-----2-5-|-8-5-2-------0-2-|-3-------------3-|-7-3---3-----3-7-|
A|-----5---0-5-----|-------5-4-5-----|---5-2-5---2-5---|-----5---2-5-----|
D|-----------------|-----------------|---------5-------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-8-5-2-------0-2-|-3-7-3-|
A|-------5-4-5-----|-------|
D|-----------------|-------|
G|-----------------|-------|

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

Sally Growler's Hornpipe — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

E|---0-|-3-7-2-5-3-------|-------0---------|-------0---------|
A|-5---|-----------5-2---|-3-2-3---5-2-----|-----3-------2-5-|
D|-----|---------------5-|-------------5-0-|-2-5-----0-5-----|
G|-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|---7-5-3-----0-2-|-3-7-2-5-3-------|-------0---------|-------0---------|
A|-4-------5-6-----|-----------5-2---|-3-2-3---5-2-----|-----3-------2-5-|
D|-----------------|---------------5-|-------------5-0-|-2-5-----0-5-----|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------|-0-2-|-3-------------3-|-7-3---3-----3-7-|
A|-3-0-------|-----|---5-2-5---2-5---|-----5---2-5-----|
D|-----4-0-5-|-----|---------5-------|-----------------|
G|-----------|-----|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-5-2---2-----2-5-|-8-5-2-------0-2-|-3-------------3-|-7-3---3-----3-7-|
A|-----5---0-5-----|-------5-4-5-----|---5-2-5---2-5---|-----5---2-5-----|
D|-----------------|-----------------|---------5-------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-8-5-2-------0-2-|-3-7-3-|
A|-------5-4-5-----|-------|
D|-----------------|-------|
G|-----------------|-------|

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

Sally Growler's Hornpipe — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

E|---0-|-L2-4-1-3-L2-------|---------0---------|--------0---------|
A|-3---|-------------3-1---|-L2-1-L2---3-1-----|-----L2-------1-3-|
D|-----|-----------------3-|---------------3-0-|-1-3------0-3-----|
G|-----|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
E|---4-3-L2------0-1-|-L2-4-1-3-L2-------|---------0---------|--------0---------|
A|-2--------3-H3-----|-------------3-1---|-L2-1-L2---3-1-----|-----L2-------1-3-|
D|-------------------|-----------------3-|---------------3-0-|-1-3------0-3-----|
G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
E|------------|-0-1-|-L2-------------L2-|-4-L2---L2-----L2-4-|
A|-L2-0-------|-----|----3-1-3---1-3----|------3----1-3------|
D|------2-0-3-|-----|----------3--------|--------------------|
G|------------|-----|-------------------|--------------------|
E|-3-1---1-----1-3-|-8-3-1-------0-1-|-L2-------------L2-|-4-L2---L2-----L2-4-|
A|-----3---0-3-----|-------3-2-3-----|----3-1-3---1-3----|------3----1-3------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|----------3--------|--------------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
E|-8-3-1-------0-1-|-L2-4-L2-|
A|-------3-2-3-----|---------|
D|-----------------|---------|
G|-----------------|---------|

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

Sally Growler's Hornpipe — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

e|---0-|-3-7-2-5-3-------|-------0---------|-------0---------|
B|-3---|-----------3-0---|-1-0-1---3-0-----|-----1-------0-3-|
G|-----|---------------0-|-------------0---|---0-------0-----|
D|-----|-----------------|---------------0-|-2-------0-------|
A|-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
e|---7-5-3-----0-2-|-3-7-2-5-3-------|-------0---------|-------0---------|
B|-2-------3-4-----|-----------3-0---|-1-0-1---3-0-----|-----1-------0-3-|
G|-----------------|---------------0-|-------------0---|---0-------0-----|
D|-----------------|-----------------|---------------0-|-2-------0-------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
e|-----------|-0-2-|-3-------------3-|-7-3---3-----3-7-|
B|-1---------|-----|---3-0-3---0-3---|-----3---0-3-----|
G|---2-----0-|-----|---------0-------|-----------------|
D|-----4-0---|-----|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------|-----|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------|-----|-----------------|-----------------|
e|-5-2---2-----2-5-|-8-5-2-------0-2-|-3-------------3-|-7-3---3-----3-7-|
B|-----3-----3-----|-------3-2-3-----|---3-0-3---0-3---|-----3---0-3-----|
G|---------2-------|-----------------|---------0-------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
e|-8-5-2-------0-2-|-3-7-3-|
B|-------3-2-3-----|-------|
G|-----------------|-------|
D|-----------------|-------|
A|-----------------|-------|
E|-----------------|-------|

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

Sally Growler's Hornpipe — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|-5-7-|-10-14-9-12-10-5-2---|-3-2-3-7-5-2-----|-----3-7-----2-5-|
E|-----|---------------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
C|-----|---------------------|---------------2-|---------2-------|
G|-----|-------------------0-|-------------0---|---0-------0-----|
A|-4-14-12-10-5-6-7-9-|-10-14-9-12-10-5-2---|-3-2-3-7-5-2-----|-----3-7-----2-5-|
E|--------------------|---------------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
C|--------------------|---------------------|---------------2-|---------2-------|
G|--------------------|-------------------0-|-------------0---|---0-------0-----|
A|-3-0-------|-7-9-|-10-5-2-5---2-5-10-|-14-10-5-10-2-5-10-14-|
E|-----2-----|-----|-------------------|----------------------|
C|-------2---|-----|-------------------|----------------------|
G|---------0-|-----|----------0--------|----------------------|
A|-12-9-5-9-0-5-9-12-|-15-12-9-5-4-5-7-9-|-10-5-2-5---2-5-10-|-14-10-5-10-2-5-10-14-|
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
C|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
G|-------------------|-------------------|----------0--------|----------------------|
A|-15-12-9-5-4-5-7-9-|-10-14-10-|
E|-------------------|----------|
C|-------------------|----------|
G|-------------------|----------|

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

Sally Growler's Hornpipe chords

G major · 4 chords: G, C, A, D

pickup
G
C G
C G
A D
G
C G
C G
D G
G
G
G
D
D
G
G
D
G

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

Guitar chords for Sally Growler's Hornpipe

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

GC×A×D××

Ukulele chords for Sally Growler's Hornpipe

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

GCAD

Tenor banjo & mandolin chords for Sally Growler's Hornpipe

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

GCAD

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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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