hornpipe · Key of D
The Kildare fancy
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:809 T:The Kildare fancy C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 809 R:hornpipe M:2/4 L:1/16 K:D d>B | A>FD>F A>Fd>B | (3ABA F>A f>ed>c | B>AB>f g>ef>d | e>dc>B A2d>B |A>FD>F A>Fd>B | (3ABA F>A f>ed>c | B>AB>f g>ef>d | e>c (3ABc d2 ::d>e| f>dc>d B>dA>F | D>dc>d f>dc>d | e>A (3AAA f>A (3AAA | (3efe (3dcB A2d>e |f>dc>d B>dA>F | D>dc>d f>dc>d | e>Af>A g>Af>A | e>c (3ABc d2 :|
FAQ
Questions about The Kildare fancy
The Kildare fancy is in D, in 2/4 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Very easy. 100% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 5.
It is a hornpipe, written in 2/4.
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.