jig · Key of G

John O'Reilly the Active

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A jig runs 108 to 124 at a session. One click is a dotted quarter note, not the eighth notes you are playing. Full metronome

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "John O'Reilly the Active"John O'Reilly the ActiveO'Carolan00555453054502523025055000555453054503053055055551111155300533323515532350101032023535501053055Book: O'Neill's 645Notes: The 2nd part has a repeat at the end but not at the beginning.

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ABC notation source
X:645
T:John O'Reilly the Active
C:O'Carolan
B:O'Neill's 645
N:
N:The 2nd part has a repeat at the end but not at the beginning.
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
D \
| DGG (GF>)G | cAG F2(G/A/) | (B<d)B (c<A)B | G>AG GDD |
| DGG GFG | c>AG F2GA | (c<A)d (c<A)d | G>AG G2 :|
|| G \
| G=ff f2f | =fdd cAA | Ggg g^fg | a=fd d2(c/B/) |
| cde =fef | ecB A2(B/c/) | dcd (d/e/=f)(e/d/) | cAG G2 :|
FAQ

Questions about John O'Reilly the Active

  • John O'Reilly the Active is in G, in 6/8 time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Very easy. 100% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 5.

  • 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.

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