reel · Key of D
The new road
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
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. 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.
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.