hornpipe · Key of A

Bonaparte's Defeat

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Bonaparte's Defeat"Bonaparte's DefeatHornpipe0620060420602450254240522540266220Tenor Banjo2006042060245025424005260000Tenor Banjo025424054504240522544206024206220Tenor Banjo2006042060245025424005260000Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1710Notes:"collected by Carey"
ABC notation source
X:1710
T:Bonaparte's Defeat
M:C|
L:1/8
N:"collected by Carey"
B:O'Neill's 1710
R:Hornpipe
K:A
   A>G |    E>AA>G A>cB>A | G>AB>c d2 e>f | {a}g>fg>e d>BB>d | c>AB>G (TG>E)E>D|
            E>AA>G A>cB>A | G>AB>c d2 e>f | {a}g>fg>e e>dB>G | A2 A>A     A2  :|
|: e>f | {a}g>fg>e a>ga>e | g>fg>e d>BB>d |    c2 c>B A2 G>A | B>cB>A (TG>E)E>D|
            E>AA>G A>cB>A | G>AB>c d2 e>f | {a}g>fg>e e>dB>G | A2 A>A     A2  :|
FAQ

Questions about Bonaparte's Defeat

  • Bonaparte's Defeat is in A, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Moderate. 89% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.

  • 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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