reel · Key of Em
The man of the house
O’Neill 1907 no. 642
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:642 T:The man of the house C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 642 R:Reel M:C| L:1/8 K:Em D|E2BE GABG|E2BE FDAD|E2BE GABc|dBcA BEE:|e|efge fgaf|gfed edBd| efge fgaf|gfed Beed|efge fgaf|gfed efga|bgaf gfed|eBBA GEE|]
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Questions about The man of the house
The man of the house is in Em, in C| time. The E minor scale gives you every note it uses.
Easy. 99% 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.