reel · Key of D

The old pensioner

O’Neill 1907 no. 577

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The old pensioner"The old pensionerReelanon. (Ireland)segno3333123024segno5420222542000402452420222023054024230450245255525segno3355254504525552552042404525552555525450450254504520424024segnoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 577

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X:577
T:The old pensioner
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 577
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
(3(ABc) "^segno" |:d2 (3(cBA) BEEG|(3(FED) (AD) FABc|dB (3(cBA) BEEA|[1Bged cABc:|[2Bgecd2H ||(3(ABc)|d2(fd) adfd|
ddfd cdec|d2(fd) adfd|dBAF EFAc|d2(fd) adfd|(3ddd (fd) cdec|defd cdec|dBAF EF (3(ABc) "^segno" |]
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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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