reel · Key of A

The first month of summer

O’Neill 1907 no. 491

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The first month of summer"The first month of summerReelanon. (Ireland)3054040242620542542044442426206205424040242620542452042402042062045333300000042404444205200000042054206024000000424045020245457542054206205Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 491

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X:491
T:The first month of summer
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 491
R:Reel
M:C
L:1/8
K:A
(ed)W|cAFA EFEC|EAdc BdcB|AF (3FFF EFEC|EAGB AdcB|cAFA EFEC|EAdc Bcdf|ecBc ABAF|EAGB HA2 (cd)||
eA (3AAA ecfc|ec (3ccc feaf|eA (3AAA ecfe|dcBA GABc|eA (3AAA ecfc|ecde fefg|agab agfe|dcBA GBedW|]
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Questions about The first month of summer

  • The first month of summer is in A, in C time. The A major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Moderate. 94% 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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