reel · Key of Am

The Curragh races

O’Neill 1907 no. 544

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Curragh races"The Curragh racesReelanon. (Ireland)1)2)335320032503253525523200325030553500315551551303330333155515552350530031555155503330333513015035025300Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 544

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X:544
T:The Curragh races
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 544
R:Reel
m:Tn = (3n/o/n/
M:C|
L:1/8
K:Am
G|(3(FED) (AF) BGAF|EG=cG E"^1)"=CCE|(3(FED) (AF) BGAF|Dddc dDD:|g|fada fda"^2)"f|
eg=cg ecgc|fada fdad|(3(Bcd) AG FDDg|fada fdad|eg=cg ecgc|afge fdec|dABG FDD|]
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.

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