reel · Key of D

The cup of tea

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The cup of tea"The cup of teaReelanon. (Ireland)020545224522252202054522540054000205452245222522020545024520540005032504503222450325045205400050325045252323523025045205400540504020405042254550402452054005405040204050422020452045205400Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 792

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ABC notation source
X:792
T:The cup of tea
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 792
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
A|B(AGF) GEE(F|GE)BE GEEA|B(AGF) GEE(G|FD)AG FDDA|B(AGF) GEE(F|GE)BE GEEA|B(AGF) GAB(c|d)BAG FDD||
A|d2(eg) fde(c|d2)eg f(BBc)|d2(eg) fde(c|d)BAG FDDA|d2(eg) fde(c|d)faf g2(fg)|afg(e fd)e(c|d)BAG FDD||
G|F(AdA) FABA|F(AdA) (FE)(EG)|F(GdA) FAB(c|d)BAG (FD)DG|F(AdA) FAB(A|F)AdA (FE)(Ee)|f2(ec) dBA(F|G)BAG FDD|]
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Questions about The cup of tea

  • The cup of tea is in D, in C| time. The D 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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