reel · Key of G

The Belfast lasses

O’Neill 1907 no. 629

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Belfast lasses"The Belfast lassesReelanon. (Ireland)125255525200540405255525230455032533355325254005404035532525240455355325252005404035032525032533Book: 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. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • 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. Copy the ABC below into the ABC transposer, move the transpose control by semitone, and the notation and tab are redrawn together in the new key. Handy if a singer wants it lower or the tune sits awkwardly on the neck.

  • 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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