reel · Key of A

The contradiction reel

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The contradiction reel"The contradiction reelReelanon. (Ireland)segno33330segno454202220620452054542060245024520545420222062045205454206024520400004500005040622262245000050406222400450000504062222224542020542246005090509070100701009012090120540220050905090701007010090120901205420200segno3402040205420222402040202547520540204020245042220405252547045020segnoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 724

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ABC notation source
X:724
T:The contradiction reel
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 724
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:A
e "^segno" |c2({d}(3(c)BA) (BE)(ED)|CEAc dfed|c2({d}(3(c)BA) GABc|defg afed|c2({d}(3(c)BA) (BE)(ED)|CEAc dfed|c2({d}(3(c)BA) GABg|
afec A/A/AA||g|aA A/A/A aAcA|GBEB GBEg|(aA) A/A/A aAcA|GBEB cAAg|(aA)A/A/A (aA) cA|GBEB EBEg|agfe fedc|
BEFG A2||e2|ae(c'e) ae(c'e)|be(d'e) be(d'e)|c'e(e'e) c'e(e'e)|dcAB (EA)A2|aAc'A aAc'A|bAd'A bAd'A|c'Ae'A c'Ae'A|dcBA (EA)A2||
cefe cefe|dcBA (BE)E2|cefe cefe|fagb afed|cefe cefe|(3(fga) ec (BE)E2|ecea fdfa|(gb)eg (ae)fe "^segno" |]
FAQ

Questions about The contradiction reel

  • The contradiction reel is in A, in C| time. The A major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Harder. 88% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 12.

  • 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.

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