hornpipe · Key of D
John Carey's Daughter
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:1757
T:John Carey's Daughter
M:C|
L:1/8
N:"collected by J. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1757
R:Hornpipe
K:D
A>G | F>d (3dcd f>d (3dcd | fdcd B2 A>G | F>d (3dcd f>d (3dcd | BGFG E2 A>G |
F>d (3dcd f>d (3dcd | fdcd B2 A>G | FdcB AFGE | D2 d2 D2 :|
|: d2 | f>d (3dcd Bcde | fdcd B2 F2 | BABc dcde | fdcd B2 Bc |
d>fed cecA | B>dBG FAFD | E>DCD EFGA | F2 D2 D2 :|FAQ
Questions about John Carey's Daughter
John Carey's Daughter is in D, 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 6.
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.