reel · Key of D

The magpie's nest

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The magpie's nest"The magpie's nestReelanon. (Ireland)1205050204050405420400204240250200025025557523530Tenor Banjo22504057532052025020052530325204045254040250255Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 618
ABC notation source
X:618
T:The magpie's nest
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 618
R:Reel
m:Tn = (3n/o/n/
M:C
L:1/8
K:D
Ad({e}d)A TBAFA|dAFA TGFED|FAAB AFEF|[1ABde Tfee2:|[2ABde fdd2||a2({b}a)f g2({a}g)e|
f2fd ecA2|a2({b}a)g fedB|ABde Tfee2|a2fa g2eg|f2df ecAF|G2(BG) F2(AF)|ABde fdd2|]
FAQ

Questions about The magpie's nest

  • The magpie's nest 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.

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