reel · Key of A
Lough Allen
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:1321 T:Lough Allen R:Reel N:Collected by F. O'Neill B:O'Neill's 1321 M:C| L:1/8 K:A (cd)|eAcA BGEd|eAcAd2(cd)|eAcA BGEG|AcBGA2(cd)| eAcA BGEd|eAcAd2(cB)|AcBd cefa|gedBA2 |:(BA)|Beef gedB|agaba2(ba)|gaba gedB|AcBGA2 :|
FAQ
Questions about Lough Allen
Lough Allen is in A, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Moderate. 90% 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.