reel · Key of D

Rambling Sailor, The

Also known as an loingseoir siu.tarras

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Rambling Sailor"The Rambling Sailoran loingseoir siu.tarras.reel33045222242405450404055525420405402404354254240545054240004204045024542454502023557532054502032020540243550202355753205222242405040502435020545025045024555205023535753203502054502504542400042040450245Book: "O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland, 1502"Notes:"collected from Cronin"

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X:1502
T:Rambling Sailor, The
R:reel
N:"collected from Cronin"
B:"O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland, 1502"
T: an loingseoir siu.tarras.
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
(Ac)|dB ((3BBB) (cB)cA|dcdA FDFA|((3ddd) (Bd) cBAF|AGFD EFAc|
dcBd cBcA|dcdA GFEF|((3DDD) (FE) DFAF|GABc dcBc||
dcde fefg|a2(ab) agfe|dcde fegf|efed cABc|
d2(de) fefg|a2 ab agfe|dB ((3BBB) (cB)cA|dAFD GABc||
defe dcdA|BdAF GABc|((3ddd) (fe) defg|agab agfe|
defe dcdA|BdAF GFEF|((3DDD) (FE) DFAF|GABc d2||
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Questions about Rambling Sailor, The

  • Rambling Sailor, The 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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