reel · Key of D

McFadden's Own Reel

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "McFadden's Own Reel"McFadden's Own ReelReel3334042022420204045205404222024505400Tenor BanjoH33340420224202040404520540222024505400Tenor Banjo3504053205045224202504053205025400Tenor BanjoD.C.5054532055402242025424575252054050Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1293Notes:Collected by McFadden
ABC notation source
X:1293
T:McFadden's  Own Reel
R:Reel
N:Collected by McFadden
B:O'Neill's 1293
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
(3FAF ED EA, {B,}(3A,G,A,|DFAc dBAG|F2AF EA,A,A|(3Bcd AG FDD2|
(3FAF ED EA, {B,}(3A,G,A,|DFAF DFdB|AGFD EA,A,A|(3Bcd AG "H"FDD2||
dAFA dgfe|dAFd BE {F}(3EDE|dAFA dgfe|dABG T(FD)D2|
d2{e}(dc) dgfe|d2{d}(cA) BE {F}EDE|TdcBc dbaf|dBAG "D.C."FAdA|]
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.

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