reel · Key of A
The First Month of Summer
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:1214 T:The First Month of Summer M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:O'Neill's 1214 N:Collected by F. O'Neill K:A (ed)||cAFA EFEC|EAdc BdcB|AF (3FFF EFEC|EAGB AdcB| cAFA EFEC|EAdc Bcdf|ecBc AFEC|EAGB"End "A2(cd)|| eA (3AAA ecfc|ec (3ccc feaf|eA (3AAA ecfe|dcBA GABc| eA (3AAA ecfc|ecde fefg|agab agfe|dcBA GB"DC"ed||
FAQ
Questions about The First Month of Summer
The First Month of Summer is in A, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Moderate. 93% 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.