jig · Key of D

Billy O'Rourke is the boy

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Billy O'Rourke is the boy"Billy O'Rourke is the boyanon. (Ireland)1)05224200002224232052242000424504055050235755250235257575235320522423205224200007224232052242000424504055Book: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 987

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X:987
T:Billy O'Rourke is the boy
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 987
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
e|d2B BcB|A2A A2A|B2B BcB|"^1)"g3f2e|d2B BcB|A2A A2c|Bcd ec(A|d3) d2:|
|:A|d2(e f2g)|aba (a2f)|d2(e f2g)|a3 (f2a)|bab (a2f)|gag (f2e)|d2B BcB|g3 f2e|
d2B BcB|A2A A2A|b2B BcB|g3 f2e|d2B BcB|A2A A2c|Bcd ec(A|d3)d2:|
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Questions about Billy O'Rourke is the boy

  • Billy O'Rourke is the boy is in D, in 6/8 time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 96% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • It is a jig, written in 6/8.

  • 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.

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