hornpipe · Key of D
John Carey's daughter
O’Neill 1907 no. 929
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:929 T:John Carey's daughter C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 929 R:Hornpipe M:C| L:1/8 K:D A>G|F>d (3dcd f>d (3dcd|fdcd B2A>G|F>d (3dcd f>d (3dcd|BGFG E2A>G|F>d (3dcd f>d (3dcd|fdcd B2A>G|FdcB AFGE|F2D2D2:| |:d2|f>d (3dcd Bcde|fdcd B2F2|BABc dcde|fdcd B2Bc|d>fed cecA|B>"^1)"dBG FAFD|E>DCD EFGA|F2D2D2:|
FAQ
Questions about John Carey's daughter
John Carey's daughter is in D, in C| time. The D major 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 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.