reel · Key of D
John O'Neill's Reel
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:1265
T:John O'Neill's Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:O'Neill's 1265
N:Collected by F. O'Neill
N:
K:D
A | BcBA FAAc | B.(E {F}(3EDE) FEFA | BcBA FAAB | ABde fd d :|
e | f2fde2ec | fgfd edBd | fgfe dedB | ABde fdde |
f2(fd)e2(ec) | fgfd edBd | f>(a {b}(3aga b)gaf | ABde fd d |]FAQ
Questions about John O'Neill's Reel
John O'Neill's Reel is in D, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
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 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.