reel · Key of D

The scolding wife

O’Neill 1907 no. 667

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The scolding wife"The scolding wifeReelanon. (Ireland)002424054502504002424505405262002424054502504553254025300552545235232357353254523532530552545235232357353735323532530055Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 667

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X:667
T:The scolding wife
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 667
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
D2(DE) FEFD|GFGA BGAF|D2(DE) FEFG|AdcA GECE|D2(DE) FEFD|GFGA BGAc|d2(dg) fdce|fd=cA AGG2||
fdcd fgaf|gfga bgag|fdcd fgag|fd=cA G2G2|fdcd fgaf|gfga bgag|bgag fgag|fd=cA AGG2|]
FAQ

Questions about The scolding wife

  • The scolding wife is in D, in C| time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 97% 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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