hornpipe · Key of A
Big Dan O'Mahony
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:1585 T:Big Dan O'Mahony R:hornpipe N:"Collected by F. O'Neill" B:O'Neill's 1585 M:C L:1/8 K:A (GB) | AGAB A2 (Bd) | edBA G2 (Bd) | e^def gfea | edBA G3B | AGAB A2 (Bd) | edBA G2 (ed) | B2 (AG) gdBd | c2 A2 A2 :|| (Bd) | e^def g2 (fe) | a2 a2 g2 (ea) | e^def gfea | edBA G2 (Bd) | e^def gfge | abag e2 (ea) | gedg edBd | c2 AA A2 (Bd) | e^def gfge | (3aba ag e2 (ea) | e^def gf(ea) | edBA G2 (AB) | c2 Bc d2 cd | efge a2 a2 | gfea edBd | c2 A2 A2 ||
FAQ
Questions about Big Dan O'Mahony
Big Dan O'Mahony is in A, in C time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Moderate. 90% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.
It is a hornpipe, written in C.
Yes. Tenor banjo, mandolin and octave mandola are all tuned GDAE, so the tab above is identical for all three. A bouzouki tuned GDAD needs the top string adjusting, which the converter handles.