reel · 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 grindingReelanon. (Ireland)5450223505453332350235053255545022350545335735235501530255Tenor Banjo32353357353255010131305320255323533573532553735235501530255Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 627
ABC notation source
X:627
T:The mills are grinding
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 627
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
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|]
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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.

  • 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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