reel · Key of Am

The jolly seven

O’Neill 1907 no. 697

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The jolly seven"The jolly sevenReelanon. (Ireland)303330330352523033303515305252303330330352523205023505053553000300030005252300030005153052523000300030025252320502350505300Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 697

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X:697
T:The jolly seven
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 697
R:Reel
m:Tn2 = (3n/o/n/ m/n/
M:C|
L:1/8
K:Am
Tc2(ec) gcec|Tc2(ec) dBGB|Tc2(ec) gcec|af({a}g)e dBGB|Tc2(ec) gcec|Tc2(ec) dBGB|cBAG ABcd|eaed caa2||
ceAe ceAe|ceAe dBGB|ceAe ceAe|af({a}g)e dBGB|ceAe ceAe|ceAE dBGB|cBAG ABcd|eaed cAA2|]
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Questions about The jolly seven

  • The jolly seven is in Am, in C| time. The A minor 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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