hornpipe · Key of A
McCarty's hornpipe
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:831 T:McCarty's hornpipe C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 831 R:Hornpipe M:C| L:1/8 K:A (E2|A2)Ac ecAc|d2(fd) ecAc|d2(fd) ecAc|d2fd c2ec|BAGA BdcB|A2Ac ecAc|dcdf edcB|Aagf edcB|A2A2 A2:| |:(3(efg)|aece fece|Aece fece|defd cdec|BAGA BdcB|A2(Ac) ecAc|dcdf edcB|Aagf edcB|A2A2 A2:|
FAQ
Questions about McCarty's hornpipe
McCarty's hornpipe is in A, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Easy. 98% 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.