reel · Key of C
The old schoolmaster
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:678
T:The old schoolmaster
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 678
R:Reel
m:Mn = (3n/o/n/
m:Tn2 = (3n/o/n/ m/n/
m:Tn3 = n(3n/o/n/ m/n/
m:~n3 = no/4n/m/4n
M:C|
L:1/8
K:C
G2(GA) cded|cA (3(AAA) (cG)AG|EGGA cdea|gece Td2(cA)|~G3A cded|cA (3(AAA) (Ac)AG|EGGA cdea|gece d2c2 H ||
Tg3d efgd|ea({b}a)g eaag|eg({a}g)f (Mgf)gb|afge d2cd|eg({a}g)f ~g3d|ea({b}a)g eaaa|gede cdea|gece Td2(cA) "_D.C." |]FAQ
Questions about The old schoolmaster
The old schoolmaster is in C, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
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. 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.