reel · Key of C

The western lasses

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The western lasses"The western lassesReelanon. (Ireland)5325350535253520052535053525032555253505352535200525023501301503333330055303530353005530235220001035053023530235305753035302353255333301303350575353050130532350575301353013033505753530501305323502353255Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 765

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ABC notation source
X:765
T:The western lasses
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 765
R:Reel
m:Tn = (3n/o/n/
M:C|
L:1/8
K:C
(TGF)|EGcG AGcG|EGcG (TED)(DG)|EGcG AGcG|EGDF (EC)(CG)|EGcG AGcG|EGcG (TED)(DG)|EGAB cdef|gefd (ec)c2||
e3e d2(dc)|AcGc AcGc|e3e d2(dc)|(3(ABc) GE (TED)D2|efec dedc|(3(ABc) Gc (3(ABc) Gc|(ea{b}ag) egdc|(3(ABc) GF (TEC)C2||
efge c2(cd)|(ea{b}ag) aged|(3(efg) ed (TcB)cd|(ea{b}ag) (3(efg) dg|efge c2cd|(ea{b}ag)aged|(3(efg) ed cBcG|(3(ABc) GF (EC)C2|]
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Questions about The western lasses

  • The western lasses is in C, in C| time. The C major 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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