Key of Em
Bonaparte's Retreat
Also known as Claoideaad Buonapart
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:1789 T:Bonaparte's Retreat T:Claoideaad Buonapart C:"collected by Hartnett" S:1789 O'Neill's Music of Ireland B:O'Neill's 1789 M:C| K:Em B,2|B,>EE>F G>FE>D|E>FA>B d>^cd>e|f>de>^c d>B=c>A|B>GA>F G>E=F>D| B,>EE>F G>FE>D|E>FA>B d>^cd>e|f>ed>B A>FD>F|E2 E>F E2:| B>^c|d>^cd>e d2 (3Bcd|e>^de>f e2 B>^c|d>^cd>e d2 B>=c|B>GA>F G>E E2| d>^cd>e d2 (3Bcd|e>^de>f e2 e>f|g>fe>g f>e^d>f|e2 e>f e2 B>^c| ~g-fg>a g>fe>g|~f-ef>g f>ed>f|d>^cd>e d2 A>=c|B>AG>f G>E=F>D| B,>EE>F G>FE>D|E>FA>B d>^cd>e|f>de>^c d>B=c>A|B>GA>F G>E =F>D| B,>EE>F G>FE>D|E>FA>B d>^cd>e|f>ed>B A>FD>F|E2 E>F E2|]
FAQ
Questions about Bonaparte's Retreat
Bonaparte's Retreat is in Em, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Easy. 99% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.
The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.
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.