Key of D
The Scholar
O’Neill 1903 no. 1640
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:1640 T:The Scholar M:2/4 L:1/16 B:O'Neill's 1640 N:"collected by Gillan" K:D AA \ | dfaf gfeg | fdAG FGA=c | BGFG EFGg | fdec dcBA | | dfaf gfeg | fdAG FGA=c | BGFG EFGg |1 fgec d2 :|2 fgec defg :| | a2fd dfaf | dfaf bagf | gfge =cege | =cege agfe | | a^gaf dfaf | dfaf bagf | gfgf gbag |1 fdec defg :|2 fgec d2 :|
FAQ
Questions about The Scholar
The Scholar is in D, in 2/4 time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.
Easy. 98% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.
The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.
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.