hornpipe · Key of Ador
Big Dan O'Mahony
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:832 T:Big Dan O'Mahony C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 832 R:hornpipe M:C L:1/8 K:Ador (GB) | AGAB A2 (Bd) | edBA G2 (Bd) | e2ef gfea | edBA G3B |\ AGAB A2 (Bd) | edBA G2 (ed) | B2 (AG) gdBd | c2 A2 A2 :| (Bd) | e2ef g2 (fe) | a2 a2 g2 (ea) | edef gf(ea) | edBA G2 (Bd) |\ e2ef gfge | abag e2 (ea) | gedg edBd | c2 AA A2 (Bd) | e2ef gfge | (3aba ag e2 (ea) | edef 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 Ador, in C time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Easy. 99% 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.