Planxty Davis
O’Neill 1903 no. 1561
Also known as pleraca dai.bis
Irish tenor banjo tab
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ABC notation source
X:1561 T:Planxty Davis. T:pleraca dai.bis. N:"Collected from Cronin" R:Hornpipe B:O'Neill's 1561 M:2/4 K:D (DF) \ | A2AB A2FG | AFAB A3B | AGFE DEFG | A2AB A2dc | B2Bc B2Ac | BABc B2dB | AGFE DEFG | B2Bc B2b2 | bagb ageg | fedf e2de | fedB BAdF | (FA)AB A2dc | B2AB d2cd | e2de f2ed | BABc d2F2 | E4 D2 || (fg) \ | a2ab a2fg | agab a2fg | agfe defg | a2ab a2fa | b2bc'b2ga | babc'b2c'b | agfe defa | b2bc' b2fa | bafb afeg | fedf e2de | fedB BAdF | (FA)AB A2dc | B2AB d2cd | e2de f2ed | BABc d2F2 | E4 D2 ||
Questions about Planxty Davis
Planxty Davis is in D, in 2/4 time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.
Harder. 90% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 9.
It is a hornpipe, written in 2/4.
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.