reel · Key of Am
The watchmaker
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:755 T:The watchmaker C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 755 R:Reel M:C| L:1/8 K:Am ed "^segno" |:(cA)Ac (BG)GB|(cA)AB (cd)ed|(cA)Ac (BG)GB|(3(cBA) BG (EA)AB H :|c2(ec) gcec| G2(BG) dGBG|c2(ec) gcec|(ea)ag (ea)ab|geeg (^f<d)d=f|e>cc(e d<B)GB|(AB)cd (ef)ed|(3(cBA) BG (EA)AB "^segno" |]
FAQ
Questions about The watchmaker
The watchmaker is in Am, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Easy. 99% 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.