reel · Key of Em

The first of March

O’Neill 1907 no. 611

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The first of March"The first of MarchReelanon. (Ireland)125305250524555253052505202535023025350023323753333255525253323752320520023323753255525253575323520202350230Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 611

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X:611
T:The first of March
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 611
R:Reel
m:Tn = (3n/o/n/
M:C|
L:1/8
K:Em
({a}g)e|d2BG AGEF|G2dG Bdge|d2BG AGEA|[1Bdgd efge:|[2Bdgde2||(ef)|g2(Tgf) gbag|
fdad fdfa|g2(Tgf) gbaf|gfed Beef|g2(Tgf) gbag|fdad fdfa|(3(gab) ag (3(fga) fe|(TBA) (3(Bcd) efge|]
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Questions about The first of March

  • The first of March is in Em, in C| time. The E minor scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 96% 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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