hornpipe · Key of D
Boys of Ballysimon, The
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:1594 T:Boys of Ballysimon, The R:hornpipe N:"Collected by Cronin" B:O'Neill's 1594 M:C| L:1/8 K:D (dc) | BAGB ABcA | dcAF G2 (FG) | AFDE FAGF | D2 (DE) D2 (dc) | Bc (3BAG ABcA | dcAF G2 (FG) | AFDE FAGE | D2 DE D2 :| |: (FG) | Addg fgfd | efed cBcA | Addg fgfd | efec d2 (dc) | BAGB ABcA | dcAF G2 (FG) | AFDE FAGE | D2 DE D2 :| |: (dc) | Bc (3BAG AGFG | ABcA g2 (ed) | ecAF GBAF | D2 (DE) D2 (dc) | BGGB cBAG | AGFG g2 (fg) | ecAF GBAF | D2 DE D2 :| (FG) | Adeg fgfd | efed cAGF | Adde fgfd | efec defg | agfa gfef | defd cBAG | AFDE FAGE | D2 DE D2 :||
FAQ
Questions about Boys of Ballysimon, The
Boys of Ballysimon, The is in D, 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.