reel · Key of G

The absent-minded woman

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The absent-minded woman"The absent-minded womanReelanon. (Ireland)3550252505350520550202502352052455025250535052503575305250520Tenor Banjo37353733735305373537353052052037353733735305735253052530250520Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 772
ABC notation source
X:772
T:The absent-minded woman
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 772
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
G2(GA) BGBd|edgd edBA|G2(GA) BABd|(3(efg) (dB) AGEF|G2(GA) BGBd|edgd e2(dB)|dega bage|d2(BG) AGED||
g2(bg) agbg|g2(bg) aged|g2(bg) agbg|({a}g)edB AGED|g2(bg) agbg|g2(bg) aged|bgaf ({a}g)edB|({d}c)ABG AGED|]
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Questions about The absent-minded woman

  • The absent-minded woman is in G, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Moderate. 92% 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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