reel · Key of G

Paddy's Surprise

Also known as iongantas .paidin

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Paddy's Surprise"Paddy's Surpriseiongantas .paidin.reel3024520502352035202520502353025420Tenor Banjo35205023520355023230523052025Tenor Banjo350232350525357353023235052530250525Tenor Banjo32350525357353023230523052025Tenor BanjoBook: "O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland, 1516"Notes:"collected from F. O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X:1516
T:Paddy's Surprise
R:reel
N:"collected from F. O'Neill"
B:"O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland, 1516"
T: iongantas .paidin.
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
((3DEF)|G2 (BA) GABc|dBec dBAB|G2 (BA) GABc|dcAB GFED|
G2 (BA) GABc|dBec d2 ((3def)|gfge dBge|dBAB G2||
((3def)|gfgd edBd|gabg agef|gfgd edBd|cABG AGEG|
gfgd edBd|gabg agef|gfge dBge|dBAB G2||
FAQ

Questions about Paddy's Surprise

  • Paddy's Surprise is in G, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 98% 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.

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