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 I love hornpipes, highlands and marches and there are some great tunes here. Some of them are very tricky to play, but well worth the effort of learning them. My sincere thanks and respect go to the many composers, both living, dead, and unknown whose melodies I have arranged for guitar. 
I love to play these tunes on guitar and banjo and find that knowing the mechanics and intimacies
of a tune makes you a much more skilled accompanist in any Irish traditional music session.

You can use the MIDIs in this archive for your listening pleasure or simply as a quick
reference to remind yourself of how a particular hornpipe or march sounds.


The source TABs give much more information on the actual fretboard positions, as well as the ornaments used. Ornaments or decorations are always a matter of personal taste and style,
and may be interpreted as you like. Listen to the tunes as played by some of the great
musicians who have recorded them, in order to gain a sense of ornamental interpretation.



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These hornpipes, barndances, strathspeys and marches are mostly arranged for solo fingerstyle guitar

 
 

(There are some arrangements here for 2 guitars and a bass)

 

HORNPIPES & MARCHES

COMPOSER

KEY

capo
on
fret

TUNING

TAB

MIDI

1

Acrobat, The
arranged for 2 guitars and bass

G/D 0

DGDGBD

2

Across the Fence

Brendan McGlinchey

G 0

DGDGBD

3

Ahane, The

Pat McCabe

G 0

DGDGBD

4

Alexander's

D 0

DADGAD

5

An Paistin Fionn
The Fair Child

Jackie Daly

Emo 2

DADGAD

6

Annie's Hornpipe

D 0

DADGAD

7

Antrim Lasses, The

Jim McAuley
Larne, Co. Antrim

G/A 0

DGDGBD

8

Anvil, The

A 2

DGDGBD

9

Ariel

A 2

DGDGBD

10

Around the Fairy Fort
barndance (3 parts)

Vincent Broderick

D 0

DADGAD

11

Astley's

G 0

DGDGBD

12

Atlanta, The

G 0

DGDGBD

13

Back of the Haggard

D 0

DADGAD

14

Ballyoran The

Seán Ryan

G 0

DGDGBD

15

Banks of the Shannon, The

Paddy o'Brien

F 3

DADGAD

16

Bantry Bay
(a.k.a. "The Little Stack of Wheat")

G 0

DGDGBD

17

Bantry Hornpipe, The

G 0

DGDGBD

18

Barber's Pole, The

James Hill

G 0

DGDGBD

19

Battle of Aughrim, The

Am 2

DGDGBD

20

Bee's Wings, The
4
parts

Andy McGann

G 0

DGDGBD

21

Belharbour Hornpipe, The
(a.k.a "The Killeigh" and "John Brady's")

G 0

DGDGBD

22

Biddy of Barnes

G 0

DGDGBD

23

Bill Black's

G 0

DGDGBD

24

Billy Taylor's Fancy

G 0

DGDGBD

25

Bird in the Bush, The

G 0

DGDGBD

26

Birds, The

G/Am 0

DGDGBD

27

Bishopley, The

G 0

DGDGBD

28

Blackbird, The 1
Arty McGlynn version

Em 2

DADGAD

29

Blackbird, The 2

D 0

DADGAD

30

Blue-Eyed Rascal, The

G 0

DGDGBD

31

Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine

Amo 2

DGDGBbD

32

Bonnie Anne

G 0

DGDGBD

33

Boscastle Breakdown
trad. Cornish

G 0

DGDGBD

34

Boys From Scart, The

G 0

DGDGBD

35

Boys of Ballycastle, The

Em 2

DADGAD

36

Breen's (a.k.a "The Humours of Ballinlass", "Sports at Listowel" and "West of the Hill")

D 0

DADGAD

37

Brendan's \Fancy
(a.k.a. "The Concertina Hornpipe" and "Mrs Casey's Hornpipe")

G 0

DGDGBD

38

Brigid of Knock

Ed Reavy

G 0

DGDGBD

39

Bristol, The

A 2

DGDGBD

40

Broadway, The

G 0

DGDGBD

41

Broken Bridge The

G 0

DGDGBD

42

Brown Coffin, The
An Comhra Donn

D 0

DADGAD

43

Buck From the Mountain, The

D 0

DADGAD

44

Bumblebee, The

Mairtin o'Connor

G 0

DGDGBD

45

Bunch of Rushes The

G 0

DGDGBD

46

Byrne's

D 0

DADGAD

47

Caislean an Oir
Castles of Gold

Martin 'Junior'
Crehan

Amo 2 DGDGBbD

48

Callaghan's

G 0

DGDGBD

49

Callanan's Retreat

A 2

DGDGBD

50

Carnival Hornpipe, The

A 2

DGDGBD

51

Caroline o'Neill's
4 parts

G 0

DGDGBD

52

Castles in the Air

G 0

DGDGBD

53

Charlie Mulvihill's
(a.k.a "The Chancellor")

D 0

DADGAD

54

Castles in the Air

G 0

DGDGBD

55

Charles Attwood

James Hill

G 0

DGDGBD

56

Chief O'Neill's Favourite

D 0

DADGAD

57

Chief O'Neill's Visit
(a.k.a. "The Cambridge")

A 2

DGDGBD

58

Circus, The

G 0

DGDGBD

59

City of Savannah, The
arranged for 2 guitars and bass

Frank Livingston

D/A 0 DADGAD

60

Clare Hornpipe, The

G 0

DGDGBD

61

Cliff, The (a.k.a. "The Ruby", "Higgins" and "The Old Harvest Home")

James Hill

D 0

DADGAD

62

Concert, The

D/Bm 0

DADGAD

63

Constitution, The

D 0

DADGAD

64

Cooley's Hornpipe

Paddy o'Brien

G 0

DGDGBD

65

Cronin's

G 0

DGDGBD

66

Cronin's Rambles

A 2

DGDGBD

67

Crooked Hornpipe, The

D 0

DADGAD

68

Cross the Fence
(a.k.a. "Reilly's Hornpipe")

G 0

DGDGBD

69

Cuckoo Hornpipe, The

G 0

DGDGBD

70

Cuckoo's Nest, The

G 0

DGDGBD

71

Daly's

G 0

DGDGBD

72

Dan Sullivan's Favourite
(a.k.a. "The Gypsy")

G/D 0

DGDGBD

73

Dance of the Honeybees, The
Barndance

Charlie Lennon

D 0

DADGAD

74

Dapper's Delight

Paddy o'Brien

G 0

DGDGBD

75

Da Sixereen

Tom Anderson

D 0

DADGAD

76

Delahunty's

D 0

DADGAD

77

Democratic, The

Em 2

DGDGBD

78

Dermott Grogan's

D 0

DADGAD

79

Derry, The

D 0

DADGAD

80

Devil Amongst the Tailors, The

A 2

DGDGBD

81

Dick Sands'

A 2

DGDGBD

82

Drunken Sailor, The
5 parts

Gm 0

DGDGBbD

83

Duke of Brunswick's The
(a.k.a. "Captain John's", "The Mare" and " La Mer")

D 0

DADGAD

84

Duke's Retreat, The

Em 2

DADGAD

85

Dukie's

Brian Duke

A/Am 2

DGDGBD

86

Dundee, The

D 0

DADGAD

87

Dunphy's

G 0

DGDGBD

88

Doran's

A 2

DGDGBD

89

Durang's

D 0

DADGAD

90

Durkin's Favourite

G 0

DGDGBD

91

Eamonn McGivney's
(a.k.a. "Jacky Tar" and "McGibbney's Fancy")

Em 2

DADGAD

92

East of the Shannon

Seán Ryan

A 2

DGDGBD

93

Echo, The

A 2

DGDGBD

94

Eclipse, The

A 2

DGDGBD

95

Eddie Duffy's

Eddie Duff

G 0

DGDGBD

96

Eleanor Neary's
(a.k.a. "The Fantastic Hornpipe")

A 2

DGDGBD

97

Electric, The

G. L. Tracy

G/D 0

DGDGBD

98

Empire, The

A 2

DGDGBD

99

Exhibition, The

James Hill

G 0

DGDGBD

100

Fair Maidens, The

G 0

DGDGBD

101

Fairies', The

G 0

DGDGBD

102

Falcarragh, The

Alf Duggan

G 0

DGDGBD

103

Fancy Fair, The

G 0

DGDGBD

104

Father Dollard's

D 0

DADGAD

105

Father Walsh's

G 0

DGDGBD

106

Fiddler's Contest, The

A 2

DGDGBD

107

First of May, The

A 2

DGDGBD

108

Fisher's

G 0

DGDGBD

109

Fitzgerald's

G 0

DGDGBD

110

Flaherty's

D 0

DADGAD

111

Flowers of Edinburgh, The

G 0

DGDGBD

112

Flowing Tide, The

G 0

DGDGBD

113

Fly by Night

A/F#m 2

DGDGBD

114

Flying Cloud Cotillion

G 0

DGDGBD

115

Forester's

D 0

DADGAD

116

Franklin's

Pádraig Ó Broin

G 0

DGDGBD

117

Friendly Visit, The

G 0

DGDGBD

118

Frisco Hornpipe, The

G 0

DGDGBD

119

From Galway to Dublin
(a.k.a. "The Listowel Hornpipe", "The First Sign of Light" and "Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine")

Em 2

DADGAD

120

Gahan's

G/D 0

DGDGBD

121

Galtee Hunt, The
set dance

G 0

DGDGBD

122

Galway Bay

Gm 0

DGDGBbD

123

Galway Hornpipe, The

D 0

DADGAD

124

Garrett Barry's

D 0

DADGAD

125

Garrykennedy Castle

Paddy o'Brien

F 3

DADGAD

126

Geary's

G 0

DGDGBD

127

George Ross'

G 0

DGDGBD

128

Glen Aln, The

G 0

DGDGBD

129

Glenbiegh, The

G 0

DGDGBD

130

Globe, The

A 2

DGDGBD

131

Gloucester Hornpipe The

G 0

DGDGBD

132

Golden Castle, The

G 0

DGDGBD

133

Golden Eagle, The
arranged for 2 guitars and bass

G 0

DGDGBD

134

Great Exhibition, The

James Hill

D 0

DADGAD

135

Green Banner, The

G 0

DGDGBD

136

Green Island, The

D 0

DADGAD

137

Greencastle, The

G 0

DGDGBD

138

Groves, The
5 parts

G 0

DGDGBD

139

Gypsy Princess, The
barndance

G 0

DGDGBD

140

Hale and Hearty

Seán Ryan

A 2

DGDGBD

141

Hangman's Rope, The

Frank McCollam

G 0

DGDGBD

142

Hangover, The

Paddy o'Brien

G 0

DGDGBD

143

Harlequin, The

G 0

DGDGBD

144

Harp and the Shamrock, The

G 0

DGDGBD

145

Hawk, The
(a.k.a. "The Bells of St. Louis")

James Hill

E 2

DADGAD

146

Hennessey's

G 0

DGDGBD

147

Her Golden Hair Hanging
Down Her Back

Martin 'Junior'
Crehan

Amo 2 DGDGBbD

148

Hey Jude

The Beatles

G 0

DGDGBD

149

Higgin's

D 0

DADGAD

150

High Level, The

James Hill

Bb 3

DGDGBD

151

Hillsborough Castle

G 0

DGDGBD

152

Hills of Coore, The

Martin 'Junior'
Crehan

Amo 2 DGDGBbD

153

Home by the Fire

Donogh Hennessy
Copyright © SGO Music

D 0

DADGAD

154

Home Ruler, The

Frank McCollam

D 0

DADGAD

155

Honeysuckle, The
(a.k.a. "The Ballinakill")

D 0

DADGAD

156

Humours of Tullycrine, The
(a.k.a. "Bobby Casey's Hornpipe")

G 0

DGDGBD

157

Ian Dinsmore's Fancy

Jim McAuley
Larne, Co. Antrim

G 0

DGDGBD

158

Impish Hornpipe, The

John Sheahan

G 0

DGDGBD

159

Independent, The

G 0

DGDGB