reel · Key of Am
The Curragh Races
O’Neill 1903 no. 1276
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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ABC notation source
X:1276
T:The Curragh Races
R:Reel
N:Collected by McFadden
B:O'Neill's 1276
M:C|
L:1/8
K:Am
a|e2(3cBA eA (3cBA|G2(Bc) dBGg|eA (3cBA e^fge|dBGB cAAa|
eA (3cBA eA (3cBA|G2(Bc) dBGB|TcBcAB2T(ge)|dBGB (cA A||
B|(3cdc ec gcec|(3cdc ge dBGB|(3cdc ec gcec|dBGB {d}cAAB|
(3cdc ec gce^f|(3gag ge dBGB|T(cB)cAB2T(ge)|dBGB (cA)A|]FAQ
Questions about The Curragh Races
The Curragh Races is in Am, in C| time. The A minor 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.