reel · Key of D

The flax in bloom

O’Neill 1907 no. 633

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The flax in bloom"The flax in bloomReelanon. (Ireland)333330420400232020505250204052523525052504204002333332020505250204025025032552325202040545205453333040540523202050525232520204054520545040450235203255Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 633

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X:633
T:The flax in bloom
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 633
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
D2(3(FED) FAAf|(3(gfe) (3(fed) edBd|(3(ABA) (FA) dfaf|(ga)fd (ed)Bd|D2 (3(FED) FAAf|
(3(gfe) (3(fed) edBd|(AB)AF ABde|(fa)eg (fd)d2||(3(fgf) df (3(efe) ce|dcdB AGFG|
DFAd FAdf|(3(gfe) (3(fed) edBd|(3(fgf) df (3(efe) ce|dcdB AGFG|DFAc defg|(af)eg (fd)d2|]
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Questions about The flax in bloom

  • The flax in bloom is in D, in C| time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • 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. 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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