reel · Key of G
Miss McDonald
O’Neill 1907 no. 486
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:486
T:Miss McDonald
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 486
R:Reel
m:Tn = (3n/o/n/
m:~n2 = o/4n/m/4n
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
dc|:B>G (3GGG BGdG|B>G (3GGG g2 fg|aA (3AAA AcBA|[1(3Bcd ef gedc:|[2(3Bcd ef gedB||
TGFGD EDEF|GFGD B,G,B,D|TGFGD EDEG|[1(3efg dB BAAB:|[2(3efg dB BAAf||g>"^1)
"d (3ddd gagf|edef gdBd|
g>d (3ddd gagf|edef (3ggg ga|gdBd gdBd|edef gdBd|g2 ({a}g)f gbag|edef gbaf||e2 dB BAAB|
GBdB GBdg|e2 dB cABA|GEDE G2 ~g2|(3efg dB cABA|GBdB GBdg|(3efg dB cABA|GEDE G2|]FAQ
Questions about Miss McDonald
Miss McDonald is in G, in C| time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.
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. 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.