reel · Key of G

The four-hand reel

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The four-hand reel"The four-hand reelReelanon. (Ireland)segno3024segno5255525400040005255525032530525255525400020005255525segno03253335250525357325023525052503253335730230505325250205052503253052segnoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 767

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ABC notation source
X:767
T:The four-hand reel
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 767
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
(3(DEF) "^segno" ||G2(BG) dGBG|FADA FADA|G2(BG) dGBd|egfa gedB|G2(BG) dGBG|FDAD BDAD|G2(BG) dGBd|
egfa g2g2 H ||gdBd edBd|gabg fdef|gdBd edBd|egfa g2g2|gabg efge|dedc BGBd|efed edBd|egfa gedB "^segno" |]
FAQ

Questions about The four-hand reel

  • The four-hand reel is in G, in C| time. The G 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.

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