reel · Key of Ador
The steam packet
Irish tenor banjo tab
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. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
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. 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.