reel · Key of D

Johnny Allen's reel

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Johnny Allen's reel"Johnny Allen's reelReelanon. (Ireland)34503250545055454503250540055454503250540502323532305204540453023203250454023023203250454045023203250450232353230520454045Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 774

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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. 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.

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