reel · Key of D
O'Dwyer's reel
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:552 T:O'Dwyer's reel C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 552 R:Reel M:C| L:1/8 K:D G|FADA FADA|FAAB A2(GF)|GBEB GBEB|GBBc B2(AG)|FADA FADA|FAAB A2(GF)|EFGB ABcA|d2AG FDD|| AGAB c2(AB)|cBAG (FD)D2|Addc d2(Ac)|d2AG FDD2|AGAB c2(AB)|cBAG FDDC|DEFG ABcA|d2AG (FD)D|]
FAQ
Questions about O'Dwyer's reel
O'Dwyer'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 6.
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.