reel · Key of G

The Belfast lasses

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Belfast lasses"The Belfast lassesReelanon. (Ireland)12525552520054040525552523045503253335532525Tenor Banjo4005404035532525240455355325252005404035032525032533Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 629
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X:629
T:The Belfast lasses
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 629
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
G2(BG) dGBG|EAAG FAFD|G2(BG) dGBG|[1EcAF G2G2:|[2egfa g2g2||gddc BdBG|
FAAG FAFD|gddc BdBG|EFAF G2G2|gddc BdBG|EAAG FAFD|gdec BdBG|egfa g2g2|]
FAQ

Questions about The Belfast lasses

  • The Belfast lasses is in G, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Very easy. 100% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 5.

  • 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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