reel · Key of Am

The smoky house

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The smoky house"The smoky houseReelanon. (Ireland)02300030002550235230003000525200230003000255023523202350230520357875353023053255787535305023575578752375230532550235050230520Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 725

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ABC notation source
X:725
T:The smoky house
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 725
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:Am
(AB)|cAeA cAeA|BGGA BcdB|cAeA cAeA|dBGB A2AB|cAeA cAeA|BGGA BcdB|cBAB cde^f|gedB A2||
ab|c'bag age^f|gedc BGGb|c'bag aged|(3(e^fg) ab a2(ab)|c'ba^f gbaf|gedc BGG2|ABcd ede^f|gedB A2|]
FAQ

Questions about The smoky house

  • The smoky house is in Am, in C| time. The A minor scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Harder. 91% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 8.

  • 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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