reel · Key of Em

The Ships are Sailing

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Ships are Sailing"The Ships are SailingReel3312200524520042000420212454502002320520060Tenor Banjo023235730320235252323573032062002Tenor BanjoD.C.323573032023525233022506023206Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1264Notes:Collected by F. O'Neill
ABC notation source
X:1264
T:The Ships are Sailing
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:O'Neill's 1264
N:Collected by F. O'Neill
K:Em
Beed B^cdB | AD (3FED AD (3FED | E^DEF GFGA |1 Beef gfed :|2 Bee^de2 ||
(ef) | gfga bgeg | fefg afdf | gfga bgeg | fe^dfe2(ef) |
gfga bgeg | fefg afdf | g2~(ge)f2~(fd) | e^def "D.C."gfed |]
FAQ

Questions about The Ships are Sailing

  • The Ships are Sailing is in Em, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Moderate. 93% 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. 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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