reel · Key of D

The humors of Newcastle

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The humors of Newcastle"The humors of NewcastleReelanon. (Ireland)33042405204022042405204254005255525042000420333352555252350322252555250420004205203235045205400Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 743

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ABC notation source
X:743
T:The humors of Newcastle
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 743
R:Reel
m:Tn = (3n/o/n/
m:~n2 = o/4n/m/4n
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
DFEF D2(dB)|A2FD EA,-~A,2|DFEF D2(dB)|AFEG (TFD)D2:|d2(fd) adfd|A2(3(cBA) eA (3(cBA)|
d2(fd) adfd|(3(fga) eg fBB2|d2(fd) adfd|A2(3(cBA) eA (3(cBA)|dfeg (3(fga) ec|dBAG (TFD)D2|]
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Questions about The humors of Newcastle

  • The humors of Newcastle 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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