hornpipe · Key of D

John Carey's Daughter

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "John Carey's Daughter"John Carey's DaughterHornpipe3333054554525545254520545545255452545205Tenor Banjo334554525545254520545420452050Tenor Banjo35255452450254524202454502545224Tenor Banjo520540402525404020602450400Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1757Notes:"collected by J. O'Neill"
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.

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