jig · Key of D

Paddy Carey

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Paddy Carey"Paddy Carey050545250545200232054205054525054504002450205523757525503752505523757525040024502053020502505450400245020530205025054504002450205Book: O'Neill's 1820

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X:1820
T:Paddy Carey
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 1820
K:D
   A2 d {e}dcd | f2 d {e}dcd | B2 e e2 f | gfe dcB   |
   A2 d {e}dcd | f2 d {e}dcd | ecA   ABc | def e2 d :|
|: d2 f   g2 b | a2 b    afd | d2 e g2 b | afd e2 d  |
   d2 f   g2 b | a2 b    afd | ecA   ABc | def e2 d :|
|: g2 e {f}ede | f2 d {e}dcd | ecA   ABc | def e2 d  |
   g2 e {f}ede | f2 d {e}dcd | ecA   ABc | def e2 d :|
FAQ

Questions about Paddy Carey

  • Paddy Carey is in D, in 6/8 time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 96% 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 jig, written in 6/8.

  • 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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