reel · Key of G

The shaskeen reel

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A reel runs 100 to 124 at a session. One click is a half note, not the eighth notes you are playing. Full metronome

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The shaskeen reel"The shaskeen reelReelanon. (Ireland)3302520035305300325250230452054024545200235305300320250303250453235353232357532553232502304520540053532323575325502025030325045Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 802

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ABC notation source
X:802
T:The shaskeen reel
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 802
R:Reel
m:Tn = (3n/o/n/
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
DE|G3B A2Ac|dged cAAc|BdBG (3ABc AF|GBAG FDEF|(TGFG)B A2 (3ABc|dged cAAg|Tfefa ecAc|BGAF G2||
Bc|dg({a}g)f g2fg|abag fddc|BcBG (3ABc AF|GBAG FDD2|dg({a}g)f g2fg|abag fdde|Tfefa ecAc|BGAF G2|]
FAQ

Questions about The shaskeen reel

  • The shaskeen reel is in G, in C| time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 98% 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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