reel · Key of Ador
Scotch Mary
O’Neill 1907 no. 729
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:729 T:Scotch Mary C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 729 R:Reel m:~n2 = o/4n/m/4n M:C| L:1/8 K:Ador (A/B)|cE-~E2 cded|cEEF G2 (AB)|cE-~E2 cded|cABG A2 (AB)|cE-~E2 cded|cEEF G2(AB)|cEEG cded|cABG A2|| (cd)|eaag efed|^cdef g2fg|eaag efed|cABG A2 (^cd)|eaag efed|cdef g2(fg)|afge fded|cABG A2|]
FAQ
Questions about Scotch Mary
Scotch Mary is in Ador, in C| time. The A dorian scale gives you every note it uses.
Very easy. 100% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 5.
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.