reel · Key of D
McFadden's own reel
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:558
T:McFadden's own reel
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 558
R:Reel
m:Tn = (3n/o/n/
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
(3(FAF) ED EA, ({B,}(3(A,)G,A,)|DFAc dBAG|F2AF EA,A,A|(3(Bcd) AG FDD2|(3(FAF) ED EA, ({B,}(3(A,)G,A,)|
DFAF DFdB|AGFD EA,A,A|(3(Bcd) AG FDD2 H ||dAFA dgfe|dAFd BE ({F}(3(E)DE)|
dAFA dgfe|dABG (TFD)D2|d2 ({d}(d)c) dgfe|d2 ({d}(d)A) BE ({F}(3(E)DE)|TdcBc dbaf|dBAG FAdA "_D.C." |]FAQ
Questions about McFadden's own reel
McFadden's own 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.