Key of G

The Mills are Grinding

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Mills are Grinding"The Mills are Grinding5450223505453332350235053255Tenor Banjo545022350545335735235501530255Tenor Banjo32353357353255010131305320255Tenor Banjo323533573532553735235501530255Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1378Notes:"1st Setting" "collected by J. O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X:1378
T:The Mills are Grinding
M:C|
L:1/8
N:"1st Setting" "collected by J. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1378
K:G
GFGA B2 (Bc) | ded^c (dg) g2 | =FEFG A2 (Bc) |   dedc  (BG) G z |
GFGA B2 (Bc) | ded^c (dg)ga  | (bg)af (gd)de | (=fd)cA (BG) G z ||
gfga g2 (ga) | bgag fdde     | =fefg f2 (ce) |   dcBA  (BG) G z |
gfga g2 (ga) | bgag (fd)dg   | (bg)af (gd)de | (=fd)cA (BG) G z |]
FAQ

Questions about The Mills are Grinding

  • The Mills are Grinding is in G, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 97% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.

  • 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.