reel · Key of G

Come west along the road

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Come west along the road"Come west along the roadReelanon. (Ireland)3352555255235023052555250235053052555255235023052555250235052533373035302353052537303522025052537303530235305253573023050357530Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 793

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X:793
T:Come west along the road
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 793
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
d2BG dGBG|G2 (3(Bcd) efg(e|d2)BG dGBG|ABc(d ed)ce|d2(BG) dGBG|G2(3(Bcd) efg(e|d2)BG dGBG|ABc(d ed)Bd||
g2(bg) egd(g|(3efg) d(g ed)Bd|g2(bg) egdB|BAB(d ed)Bd|g2(bg) egd(g|(3efg) d(g ed)Bd|gab(g ef)ge|d(ega) bage|]
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Questions about Come west along the road

  • Come west along the road is in G, in C| time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 96% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • 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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