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The Wheelwright

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Wheelwright"The Wheelwright260242502054022422042400Tenor Banjo020245425245404224220Tenor Banjo420245425245404240026Tenor Banjo02425020540202422042400Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 202Notes:"Slow""Collected by F.O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X: 202
T: The Wheelwright
B: O'Neill's 202
N: "Slow"
N: "Collected by F.O'Neill"
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K:A
(E>G) \
| ~A>B cf | {def}e>d cA/B/ | {B}c>B (~B/A/F/E/) | (~F>A) A :|
e \
| (f>e) (fg) | (a>g) fa | ({fga}g>e) cB | ({B}cf) fe |
| ({g}f>e) (fg) | (a>g) (fa) | ({fga}g>e) (cB) | (~ce) e E/>G/ |
| | ~A>B (cf) | ({def}e>d) .c(A/B/) | ({AB}c>B) (~B/A/F/E/) | (~FA) A2 ||
FAQ

Questions about The Wheelwright

  • The Wheelwright is in A, in 2/4 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 97% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.

  • The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.

  • 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.