reel · Key of D

The merry sisters

O’Neill 1907 no. 535

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The merry sisters"The merry sistersReelanon. (Ireland)3332322242025422242050402242025405000000405204504020045403320040040200454020245040200454020045023532320250420245040333254024042222222402540240405000004025402404222222240040450325045040Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 535

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X:535
T:The merry sisters
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 535
R:Reel
M:C
L:1/8
K:D
B>E (3(FED) BdcB|B>E (3(FED) dAFA|B>E (3(FED) BdcA|[2d>D (3.D.D.D ADFA:|[2dfec dAFA||Beec d2cA|
Beec DAFA|Beec d2cA|BABc dAFA|Beec d2cA|Beec defg|(3(agf) (3(gfe) fdec|BABc dAFA||
BdcA BFAF|B>E (3.E.E.E BEFA|BdcA BFAF|D>d (3.D.D.D ADFA|BdcA BFAF|B>E (3.E.E.E BEFA|DFAc d2eg|fdec dAFA|]
FAQ

Questions about The merry sisters

  • The merry sisters 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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