reel · Key of G

Bouncing Boy, The

Also known as an buacaill freapa.d

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Bouncing Boy"The Bouncing Boyan buacaill freapa.d.reel33302452502350530222452502350530255033525023505302224525023503253330225023525330225025233357323520503255323000253045Book: "O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland, 1506"Notes:"collected from O'Reilly"

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X:1506
T:Bouncing Boy, The
R:reel
N:"collected from O'Reilly"
B:"O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland, 1506"
T: an buacaill freapa.d.
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
((3DEF)|G2 BG A2 ((3Bcd)|edcA BEEF|G2 BG A2 ((3Bcd)|edcA BGGD|
G2 BG A2 ((3Bcd)|edcA BEEF|G2 BG A2 ((3Bcd)|egfa g2||
z2|g2 ge f2 fd|e2 fg af d2|g2 ge f2 fd|efaf g2 g2|
gabg fgaf|edeg fd d2|g2 (fg) eAAB|dcAF G2||
FAQ

Questions about Bouncing Boy, The

  • Bouncing Boy, The is in G, in C| time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 99% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • It is a reel, written in C|.

  • Yes. Copy the ABC below into the ABC transposer, move the transpose control by semitone, and the notation and tab are redrawn together in the new key. Handy if a singer wants it lower or the tune sits awkwardly on the neck.

  • 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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