reel · Key of D

O'Dwyer's reel

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "O'Dwyer's reel"O'Dwyer's reelReelanon. (Ireland)54000400040020545222522252242054000400040020542452024050540005024024205400055450450540005024024205400602450240505400Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 552

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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. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • 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. 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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