reel · Key of A

Jim Moore's Fancy

O’Neill 1903 no. 1236

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Jim Moore's Fancy"Jim Moore's FancyReel0206024502050246265626042062060206024502050245242042540522005745745975400245245247544205354745474597540024205024254052200Book: O'Neill's 1236Notes:Collected by F. O'Neill

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ABC notation source
X:1236
T:Jim Moore's Fancy
M:C|
R:Reel
B:O'Neill's 1236
N:Collected by F. O'Neill
K:A
ABAG ABcd|efed efg2|G2BG dGBG|AcBA GEDG|
ABAG ABcd|efed efg2|afgf egfa|gedB TBAA2||
a2bga2bg|ac'ba geef|g2afg2af|gbag gfed|
agbg agbg|ac'ba geef|gfed (3efg fa|gedB TBAA2||
FAQ

Questions about Jim Moore's Fancy

  • Jim Moore's Fancy is in A, in C| time. The A major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Harder. 86% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 9.

  • 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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