reel · Key of Am
Paddy Ryan's Dream
O’Neill 1903 no. 1182
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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ABC notation source
X:1182
T:Paddy Ryan's Dream
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:O'Neill's 1182
N:2nd setting
N:Collected by McFadden
K:Am
cB \
|: AE{F}EE cBAG | EGDC B,A,G,B, \
|1 A,>EA,>E (3.A,.A,.A, A,>E | ABcB AedB \
:|2 A, {B,}A,G,A, B,C E2 | AcBGA2(3Bcd |
| eaa^g age^f | (3gfe dc BGGf \
| eaa^g age^f | (3gfe df eaag |
| ea{b}a^g age^f | g^fgd BcdB \
| (3ABc (3Bcd cbag | fde^fg2fg |]FAQ
Questions about Paddy Ryan's Dream
Paddy Ryan's Dream is in Am, in C| time. The A minor 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 7.
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.