Key of D

The Mills are Grinding

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Mills are Grinding"The Mills are Grinding3300002542450252055000025424502542452Tenor Banjo Fine3000025424502520553250450254245200Tenor Banjo3545240245254004545242405242200Tenor Banjo D.C.35452402452540032504502542452452Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1379Notes:"2nd Setting" "collected by Ennis"
ABC notation source
X:1379
T:The Mills are Grinding
M:C|
L:1/8
N:"2nd Setting" "collected by Ennis"
B:O'Neill's 1379
K:D
(3DDD (DE) {G}FEFG | ABGB (Ad) d z| (3DDD (DE) {G}FEFG| ABGF EFGE |
(3DDD (DE) {G}FEFG | ABGB  Addg   | fdec d2 (AB)   | {d}cBcG (ED) D "   Fine"z||
   dcdB c2 ((3ABc) | d2 (fd) cAAc | dcdB cBcA         | GEcE (ED) D z |
   dcdB c2 ((3ABc) | d2 (fd) cAAg | fdec d2 (AB)   | {d}cBcG EFG"   D.C."E |]
FAQ

Questions about The Mills are Grinding

  • The Mills are Grinding 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.

  • 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.