reel · Key of D
The bucks of Oranmore
O’Neill 1907 no. 476
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:476
T:The bucks of Oranmore
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 476
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
(dB)W|A2FA A2dB|(3ABA FA BEE z|A2FA A2Bd|(3efg (fd) ecdB|A2FA A2dB|(3ABA FA BEEF|DEFG AFAB|defd ecdB||
||AD (3FED A2 dB|ADFA BEE z|AD (3FED A2Bd|(3efg fd ecdB|AD (3FED A2dB|AD (3fed BEE z|DEFG AFAB|defd efge||
||(3aba fd eddf|(3aba fd eBB z|(3aba fd eddf|(3efg fd eBB z|(3aba fd eddf|(3aba fd eBB z|(3aba fd eddf|(3gfe fd eBBd||
||(3fgf df (3efe de|(3fgf df eBB z|(3fgf df (3efe df|(3efg fd eBBd|(3fgf df (3efe de|(3fgf df eBB z|fa({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.