William White's Reel
O’Neill 1903 no. 1521
Also known as seisd uilliam .bain
Irish tenor banjo tab
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ABC notation source
X:1521
T:William White's Reel
R:reel
N:"collected from McFadden"
B:"O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland, 1521"
T: seisd uilliam .bain.
M:C|
L:1/8
K:C
G2 (EG) cGEF|GBAG ED D2|TGFEG cBcG|ABcd ec c2:|
((3cdc) ce g2 gg|AGGE GBdB|"~"c2 (ce) {a}g2 (gf)|eaag (ec) c2|
{d}cBce gfgG|AGGE GBdB|cdef geag|((3efg) df ec c2||Questions about William White's Reel
William White's Reel is in C, in C| time. The C 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.