reel · Key of D

Sleepy Maggie

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Sleepy Maggie"Sleepy MaggieReelanon. (Ireland)25022502520040325022502352004025022502520040Tenor Banjo32502250235200402252225022520040225202502452004022522250Tenor Banjo22520040542450235752004022722250227250402272524222425040Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 661
ABC notation source
X:661
T:Sleepy Maggie
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 661
R:Reel
m:Tn2 = (3n/o/n/ m/n/
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
f2(de) fBde|Tf2(df) eAce|({g}f2)(de) fBde|fgaf eAce|f2(de) fBde|Tf2(df) eAce|
({g}f2)(de) fBde|fgaf eAce||fBdB fBde|fBdB eAce|fBdB eBde|f^gaf eAce|fBdB fBde|
fBdB eAce|dcBc defg|abaf eAce||fBbB fBde|fBbB aAce|fBbB aB^gB|fB^gB aAce:|
FAQ

Questions about Sleepy Maggie

  • Sleepy Maggie is in D, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 97% 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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