reel · Key of Dmix
Rolling on the ryegrass
O’Neill 1907 no. 766
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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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. The D mixolydian 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.