reel · Key of G
Nellie O'Donovan
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:638 T:Nellie O'Donovan C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 638 R:Reel M:C| L:1/8 K:G B2Bd dcAc|BGGB d2cA|B2Bd dcAc|d2cA BGGA|B2Bd dcAc|BGGB d2cA|BABc dcAc|dBcA BGGe|| fgaf gfeg|fdcA Adde|fgaf gfeg|fdcA AGGe|fgaf gfeg|fdcA Adde|fefg abag|fdcA AGGA|]
FAQ
Questions about Nellie O'Donovan
Nellie O'Donovan is in G, 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.