Key of Dm
O'Carolan's Devotion
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X: 630
T: O'Carolan's Devotion
B: O'Neill's 630
N: "With feeling"
N: "1st setting"
N: Bar 25 had C6 rather than C4, clearly a typo.
N: k represents a ">" stress.
N: M represents a "_" emphasis.
N: H represents a fermata (hold).
N: T represents a trill.
M: C
L: 1/8
K:Dm
(d3e) (f2e<d) | (d3e) (c2B<A) \
| (c3A) (Gz(F<E)) | (D3C) C4 |
| (D3E) (Fz(F<G)) | (A3F) (Gz(B<A)) \
| (d3A) ({G}Fz(E<D)) | (D3E) D4 ||
|| "f"kD2 kC2 {C}kB,2 kC2 | (C/D/)z (C/B,/)z (A,/G,/)z "p"HA,2 \
| "f"kD2 kD2 (D3E) | (D/C/)z (B,/C/)z "p"A,4 |
| "f"kF2 kF2 (F3G) | (F/E/)z (D/E/)z "p"C4 \
| "f"kc2 kc2 dc3 | (d3e) (f2ed) |
| (d3e) f2A2 | A2 ({B}A>G) ((F/G/)z (A/B/))z \
| "f"kc2 kE2 kE2 (FE) | MDMEMFMG A2D2 |
| (D>E) "p"({D}CB,) A,2A,2 | "pp"B,2 A,6 \
| (A3B) (cz(ce)) | (c3e) (.d2.d2) |
| (e/d/)z .c.B.A.G TE2 | (D3C) C4 \
| (D3E) (Fz(FG)) | (A3F) (G2(B<A)) |
| (d3A) ({G}F2(E<D)) | (D3E) D4 |]FAQ
Questions about O'Carolan's Devotion
O'Carolan's Devotion is in Dm, in C time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Very easy. 100% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 5.
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.