reel · Key of Dmix
Rolling on the ryegrass
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:766
T:Rolling on the ryegrass
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 766
R:Reel
m:Tn = (3n/o/n/
m:Tn2 = (3n/o/n/ m/n/
M:C|
L:1/8
K:Dmix
dB "^segno" |A2(AF) DFAF|G(F{F/E/}E)F GBdB|BAFA DFAd|BGFG TE2D2|FAAF DFAF|G(F{F/E/}E) FGBdB|BFAF DFAd|
BGFG E2D2 H ||ABde f2(fa)|gefd edBd|ABde (Tfe)fg|afdf e2d2|ABde f2(fa)|gefd edBd|ABde faab|afdf e2d2||
A2(Ac) BAGF|GABc dBAG|FGAc BGGB|AFDF TE2D2|FAAc BAGF|GABc dBAG|FGAB defb|afdf e2d2 "^segno" |]FAQ
Questions about Rolling on the ryegrass
Rolling on the ryegrass is in Dmix, 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.