reel · Key of G

The queen's shilling

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The queen's shilling"The queen's shillingReelanon. (Ireland)segno330segno5525252520252025525250235203205525252520252025525252023520segno3357375253032527375353202535753753253203503573523205023520320segnoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 752

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X:752
T:The queen's shilling
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 752
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
D2 "^segno" |G2(G>B) dBGB|dBeB dBAB|G2(GB) d2(Bd)|(3(efg) (dB) AcBA|G2(GB) dBGB|dBeB dBAB|G2(GB) dBGB|(3(efg) dBA2||
(ga)|b2(gb) a2(fa)|g2(eg) (fd)B2|b2gb a2ga|gfef d2(ga)|bagb agfa|gfeg dega|bgaf gfed|(3(efg) dB AcBA "^segno" |]
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Questions about The queen's shilling

  • The queen's shilling is in G, in C| time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Moderate. 94% 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.

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