hornpipe · Key of D

Boys of Ballysimon, The

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Boys of Ballysimon"The Boys of Ballysimonhornpipe5420520240540454504024054002054Tenor Banjo32420502405404545040240520020Tenor Banjo450553232502054240055323250204554Tenor Banjo205202405404545040240520020Tenor Banjo354242050545024030504045204002054Tenor Banjo255242050545323040452040020Tenor Banjo4505032325020540540550232502045023Tenor Banjo5325320250254205040240520020Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1594Notes:"Collected by Cronin"
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.

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