reel · Key of D

The Comely Maiden

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Comely Maiden"The Comely MaidenReel554504057572752554504020054024Tenor Banjo5545040575727527532054200054024Tenor Banjo554525257520602554525202054024Tenor Banjo5545252575206037352320502054024Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1353Notes:Collected by O'Reilly
ABC notation source
X:1353
T:The Comely Maiden
R:Reel
N:Collected by O'Reilly
B:O'Neill's 1353
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
d2(dc) dAFA|dbab fbaf|d2(dc) dAFA|Beed cABc|
d2(dc) dAFA|dbab fbaf|bagf edcB|Aeed cABc||
d2(a^g) afdf|abaf e^def|d2(a^g) afdf|efed cABc|
d2(a^g) afdf|abaf e^deg|bgaf gfed|efed cABc|]
FAQ

Questions about The Comely Maiden

  • The Comely Maiden is in D, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Moderate. 90% 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.

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