hornpipe · Key of D

O'Connor's fancy

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "O'Connor's fancy"O'Connor's fancyHornpipeanon. (Ireland)05400004206024542402450254220540000420602454240245025400Tenor Banjo450405205054502302504520540054205052050540205450245025400Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 876
ABC notation source
X:876
T:O'Connor's fancy
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 876
R:Hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
A>G|F>AD>D D>FE>D|C>DE>F G2F>E|F>AB>c d>AB>G|F2E2E2A>G|F>AD>D D>FE>D|C>DE>F G2F>E|F>AB>c d>AB>G|F2D2D2:|
|:c2|d>AF>A d>fe>d|e>dc>d e>fg>e|f>de>c d>fe>d|c2A2A2 d>c|B>AG>A d>fe>d|e>dc>A B>AG>F|G>AB>c d>AB>G|F2D2D2:|
FAQ

Questions about O'Connor's fancy

  • O'Connor's fancy is in D, 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.

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