set dance · Key of Ador
Poll ha'penny
O’Neill 1907 no. 983
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:983 T:Poll ha'penny C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 983 R:Long dance, set dance M:C L:1/8 K:Ador ed|cAAB AG (3(ABc)|dcAF G2cd|edce dcAF|G2GF G2ed|cAAB AGEG|cAGE G2cd|edce dcAG|A2AAA2||de|f2fd e2ed| cdef g3b|aged cAdc|A2AA A2(3(def)|gfga gfef|gfga g2ed|eaab aged|eaab a2ag|f2fd e2ed|cdef g3b|aged cAdc|A2AAA2|]
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Questions about Poll ha'penny
Poll ha'penny is in Ador, in C time. The A dorian scale gives you every note it uses.
Easy. 97% 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 set dance, written in C.
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.