reel · Key of D
Lord Gordon's reel
O’Neill 1907 no. 670
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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ABC notation source
X:670
T:Lord Gordon's reel
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 670
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
(dB)|AD (3(FED) AD (3(FED)|ADFD A2(GF)|EFGA BE {F}(3(EDE)|defd B2(AB)|defd efdB|AFDF A2(Bc)|dBcA BGAF|EFGA B2||
(de)|f>d ({e}(3(d)cd) fgag|fddf a2(gf)|efga beef|defd 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. 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.