reel · Key of G

Lord McDonald's reel

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Lord McDonald's reel"Lord McDonald's reelReelanon. (Scotland)2505232523250025052320320255225505232523250032550523203202552537353735373530353735373505325520525052505250525205454202450255Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 649

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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. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • 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. 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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