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Fisher's Hornpipe guitar tabs

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  • Tablatures

    Beginner

    Traditional

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      C
    • Tempo
      75 bpm
    • Tuning
      EADGBE

    Fisher's Hornpipe is a classic fiddle tune with quite a few chord changes. In this song, the melody outlines the chords, so it would be helpful to run through the chords a couple times before taking a stab at the melody.

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  • Intermediate

    Traditional

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      C
    • Tempo
      85 bpm
    • Tuning
      EADGBE

    This intermediate version of Fisher's Hornpipe will show you how to blend more 16th notes into your playing to create a fuller, more melodic sound.

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  • Advanced

    Traditional

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      C
    • Tempo
      105 bpm
    • Tuning
      EADGBE

    This advanced arrangement of Fisher's Hornpipe sounds exactly like how a fiddle player would approach playing this song. Practice tip: Play slow to go fast! When you practice slow, you can focus on many different things, like articulation, tension, and timing.

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More about Fisher's Hornpipe

With Tunefox, you can learn 3 bluegrass guitar arrangements to Fisher's Hornpipe, starting with the Beginner tablature. This tab will give you a foundation for the melody so you can easily modify it along your journey to the intermediate and advanced versions, which will each progress in difficulty. This helps you develop a bluegrass guitar vocabulary while also staying true to the melody of Fisher's Hornpipe.

On Tunefox you’ll find numerous tools to help you learn this song. Use the "Speed Up" tool to easily build speed. The "Memory train" feature will hide notes everytime you go through the song so you can more effectively get off tab. You can also isolate, slow down and repeat problematic measures.

Use Tunefox’s backing tracks to practice this bluegrass guitar version of Fisher's Hornpipe with a real-sounding band. Go to the Settings menu to mix the volume of the guitar, band or metronome to your liking.

Get creative with Fisher's Hornpipe with the Tunefox lick switcher. The lick switcher gives you an opportunity to learn multiple variations of the song you’re learning within the context of the guitar tab you’re practicing. To use the lick switcher, click on the text that says "Original Measure" above some of the measures in the tab. If you want to see a completely new arrangement of Fisher's Hornpipe for bluegrass guitar, click on Shuffle Licks in the bottom right corner.

Members can export their arrangements into PDF, allowing them to print and bring them to their next jam session.