reel · Key of D

The new mail-coach

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The new mail-coach"The new mail-coachReelanon. (Ireland)3335205420400323045425054204003230450245255525333345054202452552542024502452555254505420245023575323045452Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 489

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ABC notation source
X:489
T:The new mail-coach
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 489
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
(dB)|A>G (3FED FAAg|fgec dcBd|A>G (3FED FAAg|fgec d2:|(3ABc|d2fd adfd|
cded (3cBA Bc|d2fa a2fd|(3cBA Bc d2(3ABc|d2fd adfd|cded (3cBA Bc|defg abag|fgec dcdB|]
FAQ

Questions about The new mail-coach

  • The new mail-coach is in D, in C| time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 99% 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. 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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