reel · Key of D
The Dublin reel
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:624
T:The Dublin reel
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 624
R:Reel
m:Tn3 = n(3n/o/n/ m/n/
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
dF ({G}(3(F)EF) dfec|dF ({G}(3(F)EF) AFEF|dF ({G}(3(F)EF) dfed|[1cABG AFEA:|[2cABc ABcd||e2 (3(cBA) EAcf|
(3(efe) cA BF ({G}(3(F)EF)|e2 (3(cBA) EAcA|(3(Bcd) cA BF ({G}(3(F)EF)|e2 (3(cBA) ecfc|eAcA BF ({G}(3(F)EF)|d3c dfed|cABG AFEA||
Td3c dAFA|dcdB AFEA|d2(dc) dfed|cABc AFEA|Td3c dAFA|dcdB AFEA|({e}d)cdf e2(ae)|fdBc dfec|]FAQ
Questions about The Dublin reel
The Dublin reel is in D, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Very easy. 100% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 5.
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.