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Thompson's reel

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Thompson's reel"Thompson's reelReelanon. (Ireland)1253153105505545013513015030554515351301503055455Tenor Banjo333331315111611315135151315111613235155131511161131513515663153505545Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 593
ABC notation source
X:593
T:Thompson's reel
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 593
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:Gm
(dc)|BGFE (DC)C2|DGG^F GABc|[1 dBcA BGAF|DGG^F GBdc:|[2 dBcA BGAF|DGG^FG2G2||
(3BcB (dB) fBbB|(3BcB (df) gdfd|(3BcB (dB) fBbB|c=Bcd (_BG)G2|(3BcB dB fBbB|(3BcB (df) gdfd|b2(bg) fdcd|DGG^F G2|]
FAQ

Questions about Thompson's reel

  • Thompson's reel is in Gm, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 95% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.

  • 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.

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