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John O'Neill's reel

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "John O'Neill's reel"John O'Neill's reelReelanon. (Ireland)30242040042242024240242040020250255022500523250525Tenor Banjo323205052025025502250052325052525753573520503255Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 533
ABC notation source
X:533
T:John O'Neill's reel
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 533
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
A|BcBA FAAc|B>(E {F}(3EDE) FEFA|BcBA FAAB|ABde fdd:|e|f2fd e2ed|fgfd edBd|
fgfe dedB|ABde fdde|f2(fd)e2(ed)|fgfd edBd|f>(a {b}(3aga) bgaf|edeg fdd|]
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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.

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