reel · Key of Dmix

The maids of Mitchellstown

O’Neill 1907 no. 650

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The maids of Mitchellstown"The maids of MitchellstownReelanon. (Ireland)0052452025230520052452025252520052452025230520052452035220002503050550205305242450452200025030505502053052424505523052Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 650

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X:650
T:The maids of Mitchellstown
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 650
R:Reel
m:Tn = (3n/o/n/
M:C|
L:1/8
K:Dmix
D2(AG) EFGE|ABGE cAGE|D2AG EFGB|ABGE CEGE|D2(AG) EFGE|ABGE cAGE|D2(AG) EFGB|AcGE (TED)D2 H ||
DEGA c2(AG)|Adde f2(ed)|cAGE FEFG|AFGE (TED)D z|DEGA c2(AG)|Adde f2(ed)|cAGE FEFG|AddB cAGE|]
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Questions about The maids of Mitchellstown

  • The maids of Mitchellstown is in Dmix, in C| time. The D mixolydian 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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