reel · Key of D

The new road

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The new road"The new roadReelanon. (Ireland)042052054054245204205205405204520420520540542440420520540524005023525245023040502353253045055252525252304032305023532530450552023253200403532050253025045550205025320040323523052054052400Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 523

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X:523
T:The new road
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 523
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
DFED dfed|cAGF EFGE|DFED dfed|cAGE AFGE|DFED dfed|cAGF Ecc2|DFED dfed|cAGE FDD2||
def(g af)dB|cde(f ge)cA|def(g ag)f(a|ge)cd eddf|afd(f af)df|gec(e gf)ge|def(g ag)f(a|g)ecd edd2||
fefg fagf|eAce g2ag|fede fage|fdec Gdde|fede fagf|eAce g2fg|afge dfed|cAGE FDD2|]
FAQ

Questions about The new road

  • The new road 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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