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McFadden's handsome daughter

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "McFadden's handsome daughter"McFadden's handsome daughterReelanon. (Ireland)33240240202504042224605204254004240240202504042224605204254004350402452054024504024520542040245040504024020405420245205420245D.C.34020454045422402045424004004002045404542240245752040245040D.C.Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 554

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X:554
T:McFadden's handsome daughter
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 554
R:Reel
m:Tn2 = (3n/o/n/ m/n/
m:~n2 = o/4n/m/4n
M:C|
L:1/8
K:A
E3F ABcA|BABa ecAF|(3EEE (FG) A2 (af)|ecBd cAAF|E3F ABcA|BABa ecAF|(3EEE (FG) A2(af)|ecBd cAHAg H||
aece fgaf|edcA BF-~F2|aece fgaf|edcB Ac (3(efg)|aece aecA|TB2(cA) BAFA|agfe fgaf|edcB ABcd||
ce2f ecac|ecac fB-~B2|ce2f ecac|EFAe (cA)A2|ceef ecac|ecac fB-~B2|cefg abaf|ec (3(efg) aecA"_D.C." |]
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Questions about McFadden's handsome daughter

  • McFadden's handsome daughter is in A, in C| time. The A major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 98% 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. 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.

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