reel · Key of Dmix
The maids of Mitchellstown
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
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. 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.