hornpipe · Key of G

Bantry Bay

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Bantry Bay"Bantry Bayhornpipeanon. (Ireland)53250525025555205023205255055050235305052050250525025555Tenor Banjo23525252520050502205025332350235305052050250525025555Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 823
ABC notation source
X:823
T:Bantry Bay
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 823
R:hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
(dc) | BGAG EGDE | G2 G>G G3 B | AGAB cBAG | Bdde d3d |\
edef gage | dedB A2 (GA) | BGAG EGDE | G2 G>G G2 :|
|:(Bc) | dBGB dBGB | e2 e>d e2 de | f2 fe defd | g2 gf g2 z2 |\
d2ef gage | dedB A2 (GA) | BGAG EGDE | G2 G>G G2 :|
FAQ

Questions about Bantry Bay

  • Bantry Bay is in G, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • 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 hornpipe, 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.

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