reel · Key of D
Craig's reel
O’Neill 1907 no. 488
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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ABC notation source
X:488 T:Craig's reel C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 488 R:Reel M:C| L:1/8 K:D FDFA B2Bc|dBcA BEEG|FDFA BABc|dABG FDD2|FDFA B2Bc|dBcA BEEG|(3FED EF GABc|dABG FDD2|| d2fd Adfd|Adfd eBB2|d2fd Adfd|(3fga eg Adfd|Adfd eBB2|g2fd (3efg fe|BGAG FDD2|]
FAQ
Questions about Craig's reel
Craig's reel 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.