Poll Ha'penny
O’Neill 1903 no. 1783
Also known as Maire Na Leat-Pingin
Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:1783 T:Poll Ha'penny T:Maire Na Leat-Pingin C:"collected by F.O'Neill" S:1783 O'Neill's Music of Ireland B:O'Neill's 1783 M:C| L:1/8 K:A f-e|cAAB BGEB|cAGE G2 c-d|edce dcAG|A2 AA A2:| d-e|f2 fd e2 ed|cdef g2 gb|aged cAdc|A2 AA A2 (3def| gfga gfef|gfga g2 e-d|eaab afed|eaab a2 a-g| f2 fd e2 ed|cdef g3 b|aged cAdc|A2 AA A2||
Questions about Poll Ha'penny
Poll Ha'penny is in A, in C| time. The A major scale gives you every note it uses.
Moderate. 93% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.
The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.
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.