reel · Key of G

McFadden's favorite

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "McFadden's favorite"McFadden's favoriteReelanon. (Ireland)35452450402402220505025523053250452525040240222050502502Tenor BanjoD.C.33305325532357352357305523235730302353255323573523573055235723053255302352D.C.Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 716
ABC notation source
X:716
T:McFadden's favorite
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 716
R:Reel
m:Tn = (3n/o/n/
m:Tn2 = (3n/o/n/ m/n/
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
G2(FG) (3(EFG) DB,|G,A,B,D EA,TA,2|DG({A}G)D EGaf|gedc BdAF|G2BG EGDB,|G,A,B,D EA,TA,2|DG({A}G)D EGef|
gedc BGG2 H ||Tgfga bgaf|gabg eaaf|gfga bgeg|(3(efg) dc BGG2|Tgfga bgaf|gabg eaaf|gabf gedc|Baag (3(efg) dB "_D.C." |]
FAQ

Questions about McFadden's favorite

  • McFadden's favorite is in G, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 95% 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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