set dance · Key of D

Bonaparte's retreat

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Bonaparte's retreat"Bonaparte's retreatLong dance, set danceanon. (Ireland)06200242060250450542402505424026200242060250424505405260200Tenor Banjo024242454054505205424540250542402642424540545050235230250405405502023205205520540Tenor Banjo5205402505424026200242060250450542402505424026200242060250424505405260200Tenor BanjoBook: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 980
ABC notation source
X:980
T:Bonaparte's retreat
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 980
R:Long dance, set dance
m:Tn3 = n(3n/o/n/ m/n/
M:C
L:1/8
K:D
(DC)|A,DD(E FE)DC|DEGA Tc3d|edc(B cA)BG|AGF(E FD)EC|A,DD(E FE)DC|DEGA c(Bcd)|e(dcA) GECD|E2D2D2:|
|:(AB)|cBc(B cd)cA|d(cde) dfed|cBc(d cA)BG|AGF(E FD)EC|cBc(B cd)cA|d(cde) defg|afg(e fd)ec|Adce d2(de)|fef(g fe)df|edd(f ed)cA|
dfe(d cA)BG|AGF(E FD)EC|A,DD(E FE)DC|DEGA Tc3d|edc(B cA)BG|AGF(E FD)EC|A,DD(E FE)DC|DEGA c(Bcd)|e(dcA) GECD|E2D2D2:|
FAQ

Questions about Bonaparte's retreat

  • Bonaparte's retreat is in D, in C time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 95% 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 set dance, 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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