reel · Key of Em
Col. McBain
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:645 T:Col. McBain C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 645 R:Reel M:C| L:1/8 K:Em (EF)|GBEF GEBE|FADE FDAD|GBEF GEBE|FADA E2(EF)|GBEF GEBE|FAEF FDAD|G2(GF) GBdB|AFDF E2|| (EF)|G2(GF) GBdB|ABAG FAAF|Eee^d e2(ef)|gefd Beef|gfge dedB|ABAG FGAF|Beed BcdB|AFDFE2|]
FAQ
Questions about Col. McBain
Col. McBain is in Em, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Easy. 99% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.
It is a reel, written in C|.
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.