reel · Key of A
Shearing the sheep
Irish tenor banjo tab
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." |]
FAQ
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.