Key of D

Lord Gordon's Reel

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Lord Gordon's Reel"Lord Gordon's Reel333520042000420004005424502242025025202Tenor Banjo5025025204040245240250424502Tenor Banjo35025054523532552532023570025035202Tenor Banjo5025025204040245240250424502Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1433
ABC notation source
X:1433
T:Lord Gordon's Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 1433
K:D
(dB) | AD ((3FED) AD ((3FED) | ADFD A2 (GF) | EFGA BE ((3{F}EDE) | defd B2 (AB)|
       defd       efdB       | AFDF A2 (Bc) | dBcA BGAF          | EFGA B2    ||
(de) | f>d ((3{e}dcd) fgag   | fddf a2 (gf) | efga beef          | degd B2 (AB)|
       defd       efdB       | AFDF A2 (Bc) | dBcA BGAF          | EFGA B2    |]
FAQ

Questions about Lord Gordon's Reel

  • Lord Gordon's Reel is in D, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 99% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.

  • 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.