reel · Key of D

The girl with the laughing eyes

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The girl with the laughing eyes"The girl with the laughing eyesReelanon. (Ireland)302454505023205352454500204254000545050232053524545053250253330235272525232054502352725252575325023527252523205252454505325025Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 745

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X:745
T:The girl with the laughing eyes
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 745
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
(3(ABc)|d2(FG) Adef|gfed gdBc|d2(FG) A2(AB)|AFEG FDDA|d2(FG) Adef|gfed gdBc|d2FG A2(ag)|faef d2||
(3(efg)|afbf afdf|gfed cd (3(efg)|afbf afdf|abag fd (3(efg)|afbf afdf|gfed fdBc|d2FG A2(ag)|faef d2|]
FAQ

Questions about The girl with the laughing eyes

  • The girl with the laughing eyes is in D, in C| time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 97% 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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