reel · Key of G
Lord McDonald's reel
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:649 T:Lord McDonald's reel C:anon. O:Scotland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 649 R:Reel m:Tn3 = n(3n/o/n/ m/n/ M:C| L:1/8 K:G B|Td3e dBgB|dBgB aAAB|Td3e dBgB|AcBA BGGB|Bdde dBgB|dBgB aAAc|Bdde dBgB|AcBA BGG|| B|dgbg agbg|dgbg ageg|dgbg agbg|dedc BGGE|DGBG AGBG|DGBG AGEG|BAGF GFED|EFGA BGG|]
FAQ
Questions about Lord McDonald's reel
Lord McDonald's reel is in G, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Easy. 96% 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.