hornpipe · Key of Ador
Big Dan O'Mahony
O’Neill 1907 no. 832
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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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. The A dorian scale gives you every note it uses.
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. Copy the ABC below into the ABC transposer, move the transpose control by semitone, and the notation and tab are redrawn together in the new key. Handy if a singer wants it lower or the tune sits awkwardly on the neck.
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.