reel · Key of A
An ugly customer
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:623
T:An ugly customer
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 623
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:A
EAcA eAca|EACe dBB2|EAcA eAcA|afed cABG|EAcA eAcA|EAce dBBg|({b}a)gae faec|dBed cA A||
e||{b}agae fefg|afec dBBe|({b}a)gae faec|dBed cAAe|({b}a)gae faec|({e}d)BcA BFF2|EFED EFAB|ceBd cAA2|]FAQ
Questions about An ugly customer
An ugly customer is in A, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Easy. 98% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.
It is a reel, written in C|.
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.