reel · Key of D

The Motherinlaw

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Motherinlaw"The MotherinlawReel3024520005205204240240200024504204233304020002525202502350452052450420240250200250250525025020045204204233025020025252052523504520524504200Book: O'Neill's 1331Notes:Collected by McFadden

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ABC notation source
X:1331
T:The Motherinlaw
R:Reel
N:Collected by McFadden
B:O'Neill's 1331
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
DEFG BAAA|{d}BAdB AFEF|DEFA BAAA|(3Bcd (AF) EDB,E|
D2(FA) (~BA)AA|(3BdB dB ABde|(3fga ec dBAd|(3Bcd AF EDEF||
ABde ~(fe)ef|defd edBd|ABde (~fe)ec|dBAF EDB,E|
ABde ~(fe)ef|dfaf edBd|(3fga ec dBAd|(3Bcd AF EDD2|]
FAQ

Questions about The Motherinlaw

  • The Motherinlaw is in D, in C| time. The D major 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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