reel · Key of Em

Casey the whistler

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Casey the whistler"Casey the whistlerReelanon. (Ireland)330505232050235424505052320502352200424502305530540Tenor Banjo33424502305305054245023055302350530545023253052Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 590
ABC notation source
X:590
T:Casey the whistler
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 590
R:Reel
m:Tn = (3n/o/n/
M:C|
L:1/8
K:Em
Ad({e}d)B cBAG|(3ABc GF EFG2|Ad({e}d)B cBAG|(3ABc GE (TED)D2:|FEFG ABcA|d2(dc) AGFD|
FEFG ABcA|d2cA G2AG|FEFG ABcA|d2dc ABc2|(3ded cA G2(FG)|(3ABc (Bd) cAGE|]
FAQ

Questions about Casey the whistler

  • Casey the whistler is in Em, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • 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.

  • 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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