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Hornpipe (D Major)

first part

• | Af#d   Af#  Ad   Af#  A  |  DE   F#E   DC#  BA  |  EA   F#A  GA  F#A  |  E  DC#  BA  Gf#ed |
• | Af#  Ad   Af#  A  |  DE   F#E   DC#  BA  |  EA   F#A  GE  C#E  DF#D |

second part

• | C#D  E  AA  F#  AA  G  AA  F#  AA  |  E F#G F#  E  DC#  BA  Gf#ed |
• | Af#  Ad   Af#  A  |  DE   F#E   DC#  BA  |  E F#GE  C#E  DF#D |

alternative second part (slightly more difficult)

• | C#D  E  AA  F#  AA  GA  F#A  E  AA  |  EA  F#A  GA  F#A  EF#E  DC#B  ABA  Gf#ed |
• | Af#  Ad   Af#  A  |  DE   F#E   DC#  BA  |  EA   F#A  GE  C#E  DF#D |

Notes:

A difficult but greatly structured tune to practice and play in the key of D major. If you have been practicing your D scale both ascending and descending then this tune should be a breeze to play.  I have highlighted the triplets in orange text which appear in the second part i.e. E  AA  F# AA   GA  F#A  E  AA ( The first A note can either be a up or down stroke but the orange highlighted A is always down-up-down stroke). If you find the triplets hard to play at first then play them as 2 single notes i.e. up-down (AA)at a slower pace or tempo. With regular practice you can add the other 2 notes to make a total of 4 i.e. one up stroke followed by three down-up-down notes.