reel · Key of A
Dillon's fancy
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:540
T:Dillon's fancy
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 540
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:A
DAAc eA (3(cBA)|ceae (3(fga)ed|[1cdef edcA|(3(Bcd) cA BF ({G}(3(F)EF):|[2cefg agaf|edcB Aceg||
({b}a)ece ({b}a)ece|agbg aece|({b}a)ece ({b}a)ecA|GABc defg|({b}a)ece ({b}a)ece|agbg aece|(A/B/c/d/ e/f/g) agaf|edcB ABAF|]FAQ
Questions about Dillon's fancy
Dillon's fancy is in A, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
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 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.