jig · Key of D
Doctor O'Neill
O’Neill 1907 no. 6
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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ABC notation source
X:6
T:Doctor O'Neill
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 6
R:Double jig
m:Nn3 = n o/n/ (3m/n/-n/
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=128
K:D
A|" ~"Nd3 AFD|E2F G2 A|BGB Bcd|AGF EFA|" ~"Nd3 AFD|\
E2 F G2 A|BGB Bcd|AFD D2:|A|" ~"Nd3 ceA|dfe dcB|
AFA Bcd|AGF EFA|" ~"Nd3 ceA|dfe dcB|AFA Bcd|AFD D2:|g|\
{g}fef afd|ded fed|gbg faf|gee e2 g|
{g}fef afd|ded fed|gbg fag|fdd d2:|g|\
{g}fdf ece|{e}dcB AFA|AFd AFd|AGF E2 g|{g}fdf ece|dcB AFA|
AFA Bcd|AFD D2::G|FAF GBG|FAG FED|FAF GBG|AGF E2G|\
FAF GBG|FAG FED|BGB Bcd|AFD D2:|FAQ
Questions about Doctor O'Neill
Doctor O'Neill 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 7.
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.