Key of Em
Planxty Madam Crofton
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:697
T:Planxty Madam Crofton
R:
C:O'Carolan
B:O'Neill's 697
N:"Spirited"
N:There appears to be a missing repeat mark at the end.
D:
M:C
L:1/8
K:Em
egfe dz Bz | cBAc Bz Az | BGAF GEF^D | EFGA B2-Bz |
| Be^de fz fz | edcB gz gz | agfg az az | baga bz bz |
| (bc')(a^d') (e'b)(c'b) | (ab)(ga) (fg)(af) | (gb)(ac') (bd')(e'c') | b2~a>g g2za |
| (gc')(ba) (ga)(gf) | (eg)(fe) =dz Bz | (cB)(Ac) (B^d)(e>B) | (AG)({G}~F>E) E2Ez :|
|: Bz Az Gz Fz | EFGA B2Bz | (Be)(^df) (eg)(fa) | {ga}b3a g2za |
| {g}bz {g}b2 BGEG | {b}d'z {b}d'2 dBGB | {f}az {f}a2 AFDF | gfe>f d2ze |
| dz b2 (agfe) | dz b2 (agfe) | ^d^cBd eBGB | AGF>E E2z2 |]FAQ
Questions about Planxty Madam Crofton
Planxty Madam Crofton is in Em, in C time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Advanced. 82% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 12.
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.