reel · Key of Ador
Downing's reel
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:591
T:Downing's reel
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 591
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:Ador
(3DEF "^segno" |(G2F)(G EGD)(F|G2)BG dGBG|(G2F)(G EFD)c|Bee(d B)cAB|(G2F)(GEFD)F|(GABc) dBAB|(G2F)(GEFD)A|Beed B2A2H||
B(AGA) Bcd2|(Be)(ed Bc)d2|(BA)GA (Bc)d2|(Be)(ed) B2A2|B(AGA) Bcd2|(Be)e(d Bc)d2|({F}G2)G(B A2) ac|Beed B2A2"^segno" |]FAQ
Questions about Downing's reel
Downing's reel is in Ador, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
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. 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.