reel · Key of G
Sheehan's reel
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:490
T:Sheehan's reel
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 490
R:Reel
M:C
L:1/8
K:G
D|G2 (BG) DGBG|ABcA BGGB|A^FAB cBcA|EAAG FDEF|G2 (BG) DGBd|cBAB cdef|gedB c2 (Bc)|dBcA (BG)G||
f|g2 (bg) dgbg|gbag fdde|f2af dfaf|gbag fddf|g2 (bg) dgbg|dbag fdef|({a}g)edB c2 (Bc)|dB({d}c)A (BG)G|]FAQ
Questions about Sheehan's reel
Sheehan's reel is in G, in C time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Moderate. 94% 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.