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Sergt. Early's Dream

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Sergt. Early's Dream"Sergt. Early's Dream42000254240526024520202424505579754Tenor Banjo00024040526024520202474054200Tenor Banjo45057545540557975404542424579745405Tenor Banjo057545454055797544752405240200Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1419Notes:"collected by McFadden"
ABC notation source
X:1419
T:Sergt. Early's Dream
M:C|
L:1/8
N:"collected by McFadden"
B:O'Neill's 1419
K:A
(gf) | eAAB  {d}cBce    | dBGA BcdB  | AEAB     cBcd | eaab  c'bag |
       eAAB     cege    | dBGA BcdB  | AEAf     gbge | dcBe  A2    ||
(cd) | ea{b}ag  a2 (ag) | eaab c'bag | eg{a}gf Tgfga | bc'bg aged  |
       ea{b}ag  agag    | eaab c'bag | gbaf     gedB | cABe  A2    |]
FAQ

Questions about Sergt. Early's Dream

  • Sergt. Early's Dream is in A, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Harder. 87% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 9.

  • The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.

  • 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.