reel · Key of D
The scolding wife
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:667 T:The scolding wife C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 667 R:Reel M:C| L:1/8 K:D D2(DE) FEFD|GFGA BGAF|D2(DE) FEFG|AdcA GECE|D2(DE) FEFD|GFGA BGAc|d2(dg) fdce|fd=cA AGG2|| fdcd fgaf|gfga bgag|fdcd fgag|fd=cA G2G2|fdcd fgaf|gfga bgag|bgag fgag|fd=cA AGG2|]
FAQ
Questions about The scolding wife
The scolding wife is in D, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Easy. 97% 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.