Key of D

The Real Thing

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Real Thing"The Real Thing(Collected from Ennis)333520204025042525235254540430405452525233302040250525252352545404304052530245255205252253205420542525230405255205252253205420542000

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ABC notation source
X:1570
T:The Real Thing
C:(Collected from Ennis)
M:2/4
K:D
L:1/16
(d>B)|((3ABA) F>A f>dA>F|((3BdB) G>B g>dB>d|((3cdc) A>c g>ec>e|d>cd>f a>fd>B|
((3ABA) F>A f>dA>d|((3BdB) G>B g>dB>d|((3cdc) A>c g>ec>e|d2f2 d2 :|
|:((3ABc)|d2f>d d>fe>d|f2a>f f>dg>B|A>dc>B A>GF>E|
d>fa>f g>ec>A|d2f>d d>fe>d|f2a>f f>dg>B|A>dc>B AGFE|D2D2 D2 :|
FAQ

Questions about The Real Thing

  • The Real Thing is in D, in 2/4 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.

  • The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.

  • 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.