hornpipe · Key of A
Bonaparte's Defeat
Irish tenor banjo tab
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.