reel · Key of D

The Old Pensioner

O’Neill 1903 no. 1315

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Old Pensioner"The Old PensionerReel(S)H33331202454202225420004024524202220230540242304533024525552555254504525552552042404525552555525DC al (S)3450450254504520424024Book: O'Neill's 1315Notes:Collected by McFadden

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X:1315
T:The Old Pensioner
R:Reel
N:Collected by McFadden
B:O'Neill's 1315
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
(3ABc|:"(S)"d2(3cBA BEEG|(3FED (AD) FABc|dB (3cBA BEEA|1Bged cABc:|2Bgec"H"d2||
(3ABc|d2(fd) adfd|ddfd cdec|d2(fd) adfd|dBAF EFAc|d2(fd) adfd|(3ddd (fd)
 cdec|defd cdec|dBAF EF "DC al (S)"(3ABc|]
FAQ

Questions about The Old Pensioner

  • The Old Pensioner is in D, in C| time. The D major 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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