reel · Key of Ador

The swallow's tail

O’Neill 1907 no. 536

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The swallow's tail"The swallow's tailReelanon. (Ireland)3332003200030350230525255525350232300320003035023235230525203250350553575305023052525552535023230553575305023235230525203250Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 536

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X:536
T:The swallow's tail
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 536
R:Reel
M:C
L:1/8
K:Ador
(gf)|eA (3(cBA) eAcA|cdef gedB|G2BG dGBG|cdef g2fg|eA (3(cBA) eAcA|cdef g2fg|afge dBGB|AcBG A2||
(cd)|eaag abag|edef gedB|G2BG dGBG|cdef g2fg|eaag abag|edef g2fg|afge dBGB|AcBG A2|]
FAQ

Questions about The swallow's tail

  • The swallow's tail is in Ador, in C time. The A dorian scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 98% 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. 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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