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Johnny Allen's reel

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Johnny Allen's reel"Johnny Allen's reelReelanon. (Ireland)3450325054505545450325054005545450325054050232353230520454045Tenor Banjo3023203250454023023203250454045023203250450232353230520454045Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 774
ABC notation source
X:774
T:Johnny Allen's reel
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 774
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
(FG)|A=cBG AGFG|Addc d2(FG)|A=cBG AGFD|AGGF G2(FG)|A=cBG AGFA|d2(ef) g2(fg)|(3(agf)ge dfec|dcAF G2||
(AB)|=cBAg fde^c|dcAB =c2(AB)|=cBAg fde^c|dcAF G2(AB)|=cBAg fde^c|d2(ef) g2(fg)|(3(agf) ge dfec|dcAF G2|]
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Questions about Johnny Allen's reel

  • Johnny Allen's reel is in D, 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.

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