reel · Key of D
The college grove
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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ABC notation source
X:485
T:The college grove
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 485
R:Reel
m:Tn = (3n/o/n/
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
D (3FED AD (3FED|Ec (3cBc edcA|D2(3FED Eddc|ABGF EDCE|D2(3FED AD (3FED|Ec (3cBc edcA|DEFG Addc|ABGE (TED)D2||
(Tfe)(dc) Acdf|edcd ef{a}ge|(Ted)(dc) dcdf|(ea)ag (ed)d2|(3fgf df (3fgf df|(3efe ce (3efe ce|dfeg fagb|afge (fd)d2||
faag fddf|efgf eccg|faag fddB|cAGE (TED)D2|faag fddf|efgf ecce|dfeg fagb|afge (fd)d2||
(3fgf df (3fgf df|(3efe ce (3efe ce|(3fgf df (3fgf dB|cAGE (TED)D2|(3fgf (df) dfdf|(3efe ce cece|dfeg fagb|afge (fd)d2|]FAQ
Questions about The college grove
The college grove is in D, in C| time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.
Easy. 98% 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.