reel · Key of C

Western Lasses, The

Also known as na cailini.de on n-iar

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Western Lasses"The Western Lassesna cailini.de on n-iar.reel5325350535253520052535053525032555253505352535200525023501301503330055303530353005530235220033301035053023530235305753035302352200330130335057535305013053235057530135333013033505753530551305323002353255Book: "O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland, 1552"Notes:"collected from Dunlap"

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X:1552
T:Western Lasses, The
R:reel
N:"collected from Dunlap"
B:"O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland, 1552"
T: na cailini.de on n-iar.
M:C|
L:1/8
K:C
T(GF)|EGcG AGcG|EGcG (ED)(DG)|EGcG AGcG|EGDF (EC)(CG)|
EGcG AGcG|EGcG T(ED)(DG)|EGAB cdef|gefd (ec) c2||
e3 e d2 (dc)| AcGc AcGc|e3 ed2 (dc)|((3ABc) GE T(ED)D2|
efec dedc|((3ABc) Gc ((3ABc) Gc|ea{b}ag egdc|((3ABc) GE T(ED) D2||
efge c2 (cd)|ea{b}ag aged|((3efg) ed T(cB)cd|ea{b}ag ((3efg) dg|
efge c2 (cd)|ea{b}ag aged|((3dfg) ed cBcA|((3ABc) GF (EC)C2||
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Questions about Western Lasses, The

  • Western Lasses, The 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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