slip jig · Key of G
Boys of Ballysadare, The
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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ABC notation source
X:1134
T:Boys of Ballysadare, The
R:slip jig
N:"Collected by McFadden"
B:O'Neill's 1134
M:9/8
L:1/8
K:G
D2G {A}G2A B2d | ege d2e g3 | D2G {A}G2A d2B | ABA B2G E2G |
D2G {A}G2A B2d | ege d2e g2a | b2a g2e d2B | ABA B2G E2G ||
d2d {e}d2c d2B | d2d e2f g3 | B2d {e}d2B d2B | A2G B2G (E2D) |
d2d {e}d2B d2B | d2d e2f g2a | b2a g2e d2B | ABA B2G E2G ||FAQ
Questions about Boys of Ballysadare, The
Boys of Ballysadare, The is in G, in 9/8 time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.
Easy. 98% 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 slip jig, written in 9/8.
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.