hornpipe · Key of A

Captain O'Clery's Fancy

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Captain O'Clery's Fancy"Captain O'Clery's FancyHornpipe3320245045202545202060245420542062263302450452025452040454204206024203324545204520254520206024542054206224335452045202545204045420420602420Book: O'Neill's 1719Notes:"collected by J. O'Neill"

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X:1719
T:Captain O'Clery's Fancy
M:C|
L:1/8
N:"collected by J. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1719
R:Hornpipe
K:A
     E2  | A>Bc>d e>ca>f | (3efd (3cdB A2 (TBA) | G>AB>c d>cf>e | dcBA GBEG |
           A>Bc>d e>ca>f | (3efd (3cdB   Aceg   |  agfe   gfe^d | eBgf e2  :|
|: (f>g) | a>ga>f e>ca>f | (3efd (3cdB A2 (TBA) | G>AB>c d>cf>e | dcBA GBEg |
           a>ga>f e>ca>f | (3efd (3cdB   Aceg   |  agfe   gfe^d | eBgf e2  :|
FAQ

Questions about Captain O'Clery's Fancy

  • Captain O'Clery's Fancy is in A, in C| time. The A major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 95% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.

  • 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.

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