reel · Key of G

Clancy's fancy reel

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Clancy's fancy reel"Clancy's fancy reelReelanon. (Ireland)335325525020525035230000230235023053255525250352350230532504533323533733533202352300000000035023202533733532303523502305325045Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 801

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X:801
T:Clancy's fancy reel
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 801
R:Reel
m:Tn = (3n/o/n/
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
(dc)|BTG-G2 dBGA|(3BAG (Bd) egdB|cA (3AAA (fc)AB|cde(f ge)dc|BTG-G2 dTG-G2|BGB(d eg)dB|cde(f ge)d(c|BG)AF G2||
(Bc)|(dTgg2) (bTgg2)|d(ggf) (3efg (dB)|cA (3AAA eA (3AAA|cde(f gf)ef|(dTgg2) (bTgg2)|dgf(g ec)dB|cde(f ge)d(c|BG)AFG2|]
FAQ

Questions about Clancy's fancy reel

  • Clancy's fancy reel is in G, in C| time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 98% 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 reel, 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.

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