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 sailingReelanon. (Ireland)33122005245200420004202124545020023205200600232357303Tenor BanjoD.C.20235252323573032062002323573032023525233022506023206D.C.Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 532
ABC notation source
X:532
T:The ships are sailing
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 532
R:Reel
m:Mn = (3n/o/n/
M:C|
L:1/8
K:Em
Beed B^cdB|AD (3(FED) AD (3(FED)|E^DEF GFGA|[1Beef gfed:|[2Bee^d e2||(ef)|gfga bgeg|
fefg afdf|gfga bgeg|fe^df e2(ef)|gfga bgeg|fefg afdf|g2(Mge) f2(Mfd)|e^def gfed "_D.C." |]
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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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