reel · Key of D
The Bucks of Oranmore
O’Neill 1903 no. 1199
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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ABC notation source
X:1199
T:The Bucks of Oranmore
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:O'Neill's 1199
N:Collected by McFadden
K:D
(dB)|A2FAA2dB| (3ABA FA BEEz| A2FAA2Bd| (3efg (fd) ecdB|
A2FAA2dB| (3ABA FA BEEF| DEFG AFAB| defd ecdB||
AD (3FEDA2dB| ADFA BEEz| AD (3FEDA2Bd| (3efg fd ecdB|
AD (3FEDA2dB| AD (3FED BEEz| DEFG AFAB| defd efge||
(3aba fd eddf| (3aba fd eBBz| (3aba fd eddf| (3efg fd eBBz|
(3aba fd eddf| (3aba fd eBBz| (3aba fd eddf| (3gfe fd eBBd||
(3fgf df (3efe de| (3fgf df eBBz| (3fgf df (3efe df| (3efg fd eBBd|
(3fgf df (3efe de| (3fgf df eBBz| f(a{b}a)f bfaf| (3efg fd ecdB||FAQ
Questions about The Bucks of Oranmore
The Bucks of Oranmore is in D, in C| time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.
Easy. 97% 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.