Daniel of the Sun
O’Neill 1903 no. 984
Also known as Domnall Na Greine
Irish tenor banjo tab
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ABC notation source
X:984
T:Daniel of the Sun
T:Domnall Na Greine
R:double jig
C:"collected by F. O'Neill"
S:984 O'Neill's Music of Ireland
N:The original includes transcription errors in bars 4 & 9
N:a tilde has been used to denote a trill
B:O'Neill's 984
M:6/8
K:D
d/-e/|fdd {f}edd|fef dBA|B<-ee e2 d|B<-ee e2 d/-e/|
|fdd edd|fef dBA|B<-dd d2 A|B<-dd d2:|
d/-e/|f>ga e>fg|f>ef dBA|B<ee e^de|B<-ee e2 g|
|f>ga e>fg|f>ef dBA|B<-dd d2 A|B<-dd d2|
d/-e/|~f2 d ~e2 d|~f2 e dBA|Bee e2 d|Bee e2 d/-e/|
|fdd edd|fef dBA|B<-dd d2 A|B<-dd d2||Questions about Daniel of the Sun
Daniel of the Sun is in D, in 6/8 time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.
Easy. 99% 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 jig, written in 6/8.
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.