hornpipe · Key of Amix
Bonaparte's defeat
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:902
T:Bonaparte's defeat
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 902
R:Hornpipe
m:Tn = (3n/o/n/
M:C|
L:1/8
K:Amix
A>G|E>AA>G A>cB>A|G>AB>c d2e>f|{a}g>fg>e d>cB>d|c>AB>A (TGE)E>D|
E>AA>G A>cB>A|G>AB>c d2e>f|{a}g>fg>e e>dB>G|A2A>A A2::e>f|{a}g>fg>e a>ga>e|g>fg>e d>cB>d|
c2c>B A2G>A|B>cB>A (TGE)E>D|E>AA>G A>cB>A|G>AB>c d2e>f|{a}g>fg>e e>dB>G|A2A>AA2:|FAQ
Questions about Bonaparte's defeat
Bonaparte's defeat is in Amix, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
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 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.