slip jig · Key of D
Barney Brallaghan
O’Neill 1907 no. 429
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:429 T:Barney Brallaghan C:anon. O:Ireland B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 429 R:Slip jig M:9/8 L:1/8 K:D F2A ABA ABA|F2A ABA d2f|F2A ABA ABA|B2B e2d cBA::(f2a) (f2a) (f2d)|(f2a) (f2a) gfe|(f2a) (f2a) (f2d)| g2f e2d cBA:|f3 a3 d3|g2f e2d cBA|f2d e2c d2B|A2B A2G FED|f3 a3 d3|g2f e2d cBA|fga efg d2B|AFA dAG FED|]
FAQ
Questions about Barney Brallaghan
Barney Brallaghan is in D, in 9/8 time. The D 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 slip jig, written in 9/8.
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.