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Shearing the sheep

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Shearing the sheep"Shearing the sheepReelanon. (Ireland)320020242024024420020240250454202024202402442002002402504045Tenor BanjoD.C.050205205045450502027520454505020520504542442402752045240D.C.Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 734
ABC notation source
X:734
T:Shearing the sheep
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 734
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:A
EAAB ABcB|ABcA BFF2|EAAB ABce|faec d2(cB)|A3B ABcB|ABcA BFF2|EA (3(ABA) ABce|faec HA2cd||
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." |]
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Questions about Shearing the sheep

  • Shearing the sheep is in A, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • 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. 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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