reel · Key of A

The clock in the steeple

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The clock in the steeple"The clock in the steepleReelanon. (Ireland)334504502452045224504502452040000450450245204522404024575204254003244055202045225440502452054002440552020452250402457520425400Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 522

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X:522
T:The clock in the steeple
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 522
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:A
g|a2(ec) defg|afec dBBg|a2(ec)defg|afec (3(AAA) Ag|a2(ec) defg|afec dBBc|Ac (3(efg) (ab)af|ecBd cA A||
B|c2cA d2dB|efec dBBd|c2(cA) defg|afed cAAB|c2cA d2dB|efec dBBd|Ac (3(efg) (ab)af|ecBd cA A|]
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Questions about The clock in the steeple

  • The clock in the steeple is in A, in C| time. The A major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 98% 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. 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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