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Lord Gordon's reel

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Lord Gordon's reel"Lord Gordon's reelReelanon. (Ireland)3335200420004200040054245022420250252025025025204040245240250424502Tenor Banjo350250545235325525320235700250252025025025204040245240250424502Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 670
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|]
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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.

  • 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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