Key of Em

The Pretty Blue Seagull

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Pretty Blue Seagull"The Pretty Blue Seagull Fine33322222422200000040522222424025302220020025525520020020254422023205235052552025020520254422Book: O'Neill's 1399Notes:"collected by O'Reilly"

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ABC notation source
X:1399
T:The Pretty Blue Seagull
M:C|
L:1/8
N:"collected by O'Reilly"
B:O'Neill's 1399
K:Em
BE (3EEE FEBE  | AD (3DDD DFAd  | BE (3EEE FEFA  | BdcA BE "    Fine"E2 :|
e2 eB    e2 eB | d2 dB    d2 dB | e2 eB    e2 eB | ABdF TFE E2 |
efgf     edBc  | dedB     d2 dB | ABde     fedB  | ABdF TFE E2 |]
FAQ

Questions about The Pretty Blue Seagull

  • The Pretty Blue Seagull 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.

  • The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.

  • 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.