Key of D
O'Carolan's Concerto
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X: 633
T: O'Carolan's Concerto
B: O'Neill's 633
N: "Animated"
M: 2/4
L: 1/16
K:D
ABc \
| d2dd d2cB | ABGA F2A2 | E2A2 D2A2 | Bcde dcBA |
| d2a2 fgaf | efge fgaf | gabg fdfa | gfed dcBA |
| BdBd gBgB | AdAd fAfA | GBGB efed | {d}c2Bc A3G |
| FGAF EFGE | FGAF GABG | A2d2 fedc | d6 z2 :|
|| d2b2 agfe | d2a2 c2a2 | B2gB ABcd | ecBA d2df |
| edcB caaa | Bggg Afff | edcB caaa | Bggg bgbg |
| afaf edcB | cABG AFGE | DAFA DAFA | GEBE GEBE |
| FAdc BAGF | EFGA Bcde | A2d2 fedc | d4 d :|FAQ
Questions about O'Carolan's Concerto
O'Carolan's Concerto is in D, in 2/4 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 7.
The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.
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.