jig · Key of Am
Bolt the Door
O’Neill 1903 no. 957
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:957 T:Bolt the Door N:"Collected by Delaney" B:O'Neill's 957 M:6/8 L:1/8 K:Am g2f|ecA A2B|G2E E2B|c2A B2G|A2B c2d| ecA A2B|G2E E2B|c2A B2G|ABA A2:| B|cBA G2B|e3 d2B|c2A B2G|A2B c2d| ecA A2d|e3 d2B|c2A B2A|G3 g2e| cBA G2d|e3 d2B|c2A B2G|A2B c2d| ecA A2d|e2a a2^f|g2e d2B|A3|]
FAQ
Questions about Bolt the Door
Bolt the Door is in Am, in 6/8 time. The A minor 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 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.