reel · Key of D

The tinker's reel

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The tinker's reel"The tinker's reelReelanon. (Ireland)424024020402040240240245205424024020402045240024024545333305250232025052352052502320520454250525023202555755537302352505205205Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 782

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ABC notation source
X:782
T:The tinker's reel
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 782
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
F2(EF) D3(E|FDED FDED)|F(DEF) D3E|FAB(c d)BAG|F2(EF) D3(E|FDED FDED)|F(GE)F D2(DE)|FAB(c d2)cd||
e(dBd) (3(efg) (fe)|fdA(d f)gaf|e(dBd) (3(efg) (fe)|dBA(F GF)Ed|e(dBd) (3(efg) (fe)|fdad bdad|gbg(e (3fga) fd|e(dBA) dBAG|]
FAQ

Questions about The tinker's reel

  • The tinker's reel is in D, in C| time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 98% 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. 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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