reel · Key of D

Five miles away

O’Neill 1907 no. 671

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Five miles away"Five miles awayReelanon. (Ireland)5052020450403205054020454245024505202045040320505402055205400332505255525054003250525557530255325052555250540032353025044025400Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 671

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X:671
T:Five miles away
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 671
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
d2({e}(d)B) ABAF|d2(AF) Agfe|dedF ABAF|GFEF GABc|d2({e}(d)B) ABAF|d2(AF) Agfe|dedF ABAG|GBAG (FD)D||
g|fdAd fdad|fdAd ceeg|fdAd fdad|bage fddg|fdAd fdad|fdAd ceeg|(3(fga) (ge) fdec|cABG (FD)D z|]
FAQ

Questions about Five miles away

  • Five miles away is in D, in C| time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 99% 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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