reel · Key of Em

The piper's son

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The piper's son"The piper's sonReelanon. (Ireland)32223535204204002224502353520532223535230042040022245023520322220502323050235252305023203520322220502320350235252325035023503222Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 738

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X:738
T:The piper's son
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 738
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:Em
BEEc dcdB|A2(3(FED) FAA2|BEEF GABc|dcdB e2dc|BEEc dcdB|
AD (3(FED) FAA2|BEEF GABc|dBAc BEE2||({f}e)def gfge|defg afdf|
edef gfec|dBAc BEE2|({f}e)def gfec|defg afdf|g2fd ecdA|(3(Bcd) Ac BEE2|]
FAQ

Questions about The piper's son

  • The piper's son is in Em, in C| time. The E 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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