reel · Key of D

The sailor's cravat

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The sailor's cravat"The sailor's cravatReelanon. (Ireland)5205425024200405205405040452252054250242004052054250425400Tenor Banjo055020405025200055024520452400055020405025200055023205205400Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 681
ABC notation source
X:681
T:The sailor's cravat
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 681
R:Reel
m:Mn = (3n/o/n/
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
d2(fe) dcBd|ABFB ADFA|d2(fe) dcAd|AFDF (MGE)E z|d2(fe) dcBd|ABFB ADFA|d2(fe) dcBd|AFEG FDD2||
AddA BAFA|defd (Be)e z|AddA BcdB|AFGE FDD2|AddA BAFA|defd (Be)e z|AddA Bgfe|dBAG FDD2|]
FAQ

Questions about The sailor's cravat

  • The sailor's cravat is in D, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • 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. 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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