reel · Key of A

Shearing the Sheep

O’Neill 1903 no. 1515

Also known as ag .bearra.d na caoire

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Shearing the Sheep"Shearing the Sheepag .bearra.d na caoire.reel2002024202402442002024025045423020242024024420020024025040450502052050454505020275204545D.C.05020520504542442402752045240D.C.Book: "O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland, 1515"Notes:"collected from McFadden"

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X:1515
T:Shearing the Sheep
R:reel
N:"collected from McFadden"
B:"O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland, 1515"
T: ag .bearra.d na caoire.
M:C|
L:1/8
K:A
EAAB ABcB|ABcA BF F2|EAAB ABce|faec d2 (cB)|
A3B ABcB|ABcA BF F2|EA ((3ABA) ABce|faec HA2 cd|
e2 (ae) feaf|eaec d2 (cd)|e2 (ae) fefb|afec d2 (cd)|
e2 (ae) feaf|eaec d2 (cB)|c2 (cB) cefb|afec dBcA !D.C.!||
FAQ

Questions about Shearing the Sheep

  • Shearing the Sheep is in A, in C| time. The A 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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