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Dan McCarthy's Fancy

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Dan McCarthy's Fancy"Dan McCarthy's FancyReelH33312420000004240000002520000004254052042440520245Tenor Banjo330575457454055402454057545754540520245Tenor Banjo30575457454055402525045745240520Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1283Notes:Collected by Delaney
ABC notation source
X:1283
T:Dan McCarthy's Fancy
R:Reel
N:Collected by Delaney
B:O'Neill's 1283
M:C|
L:1/8
K:A
gf|eA (3AAA egfg|eA (3AAA efdf|eA (3AAA egfa|1gedB A"H"gfg:|2gedB ABcd||
ea {b}(3aga bgag|eaag efg dg|e>a {b}(3aga baga|gedB ABcd|
e>a {b}(3aga bgag|eaag efdf|dega bgaf|gedBA2|]
FAQ

Questions about Dan McCarthy's Fancy

  • Dan McCarthy's Fancy is in A, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 96% 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 reel, 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.

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