reel · Key of Ador

The steam packet

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The steam packet"The steam packetReelanon. (Ireland)33330505450540050545053025320402424505305333353333333353332530533335333353502530533335333353302235230250353502530Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 517

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ABC notation source
X:517
T:The steam packet
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 517
R:Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:Ador
A>G ({A}(3G)FG AGFD|D>(G {A}(3G)FG AdcA|BGgB AFDE|FEFG AdcA:|d>g (3ggg a>g (3ggg|
dggg fdcA|d>g (3ggg a>g (3ggg|dcde fdcA|d>g (3ggg a>g (3ggg|dgge f2fg|afge fdec|dcde fdcA|]
FAQ

Questions about The steam packet

  • The steam packet is in Ador, in C| time. The A dorian scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Very easy. 100% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 5.

  • 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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