reel · Key of Em

Col. McBain

O’Neill 1907 no. 645

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Col. McBain"Col. McBainReelanon. (Ireland)24522452224002400052245222400022452245222402440005545252040422455452520205400420060023025200232305052020545042005235204042Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 645

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X:645
T:Col. McBain
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 645
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:Em
(EF)|GBEF GEBE|FADE FDAD|GBEF GEBE|FADA E2(EF)|GBEF GEBE|FAEF FDAD|G2(GF) GBdB|AFDF E2||
(EF)|G2(GF) GBdB|ABAG FAAF|Eee^d e2(ef)|gefd Beef|gfge dedB|ABAG FGAF|Beed BcdB|AFDFE2|]
FAQ

Questions about Col. McBain

  • Col. McBain is in Em, in C| time. The E minor scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 99% 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. 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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