reel · Key of Gm

The sailor's return

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The sailor's return"The sailor's returnReelanon. (Ireland)33105305510333533310530245010135335653523550Tenor Banjo3153103310530245015301555332353131101351Tenor Banjo333353325335653515335653531355015310331053024501530155Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 625
ABC notation source
X:625
T:The sailor's return
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 625
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:Gm
BAGF DGGB|AFcF dFcF|BAGF (3(D=E^F) GA|BABc dgga|(3(bag) a^f gdd=e|
fdcB AFF2|BAGF (3(D=E^F) GA|(Bd)cA (BG)G2||Ggg^f gag=f|Fff=e fgaf|
Ggg^f dgga|(3(bag) af dgga|(3(bag) (3(agf) gdd=e|fdcB AFF2|BAGF (3(D=E^F) GA|(Bd)cA BGG2|]
FAQ

Questions about The sailor's return

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

  • Easy. 98% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.

  • 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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