reel · Key of G
Miss McLeod's reel
O’Neill 1907 no. 655
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:655 T:Miss McLeod's reel C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 655 R:Reel M:C| L:1/8 K:G BA|G2BG DGBG|B2BA BcBA|G2BG DGBG|A2AG AcBA|G2BG DGBG|B2BA B2d2|e3f edef|gedB AcBA|| G2gf edeg|B2BA BcBA|G2gf edeg|a2ag ac'ba|g2gf edeg|BcBA B2d2|edcB cdef|gedB A2|]
FAQ
Questions about Miss McLeod's reel
Miss McLeod's reel is in G, in C| time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.
Moderate. 98% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 8.
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.